Added 9 October 2026
rabbit
/ˈɹæbɪt/ noun
In Latin: cunīculus Wiktionary
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A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares)
The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.
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The meat from this animal.
She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner.
- The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English rabet, rabette, from Anglo-Latin rabettus, from dialectal Old French rabotte, probably a diminutive of Middle Dutch or West Flemish robbe (“rabbit, seal”), of uncertain origin; possibly some imitative verb, maybe robben, rubben (“to rub”) is used here to allude to a characteristic of the animal. See rub.
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