rabbit

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For the rabbit is usually a crepuscular animal, feeding soon after sunset or on moonlight nights.

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  1. noun Any of various long-eared, short-tailed, burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, as the commonly domesticated Old World species Oryctolagus cuniculus or the cottontail.
  2. noun A hare.
  3. noun The fur of a rabbit or hare.
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  • The concrete broke beneath the impact, cratering and splintering beneath the rabbit's weight Of course: this rabbit was the size of a big dog, and made entirely of bronze. —  AnalogSFF,Jan/Feb2004
  • The elephant, the mammoth, the prehistoric bison, have disappeared, victims of environment, but the rabbit is a survivor. —  119 - The Time Terror
  • Association of the odor with shotguns and dogs brought greater terror, and the rabbit sailed back out of the sand trap the way it had come Bandy saw the incident, largely because the rabbit was a flashing gray spot against the luxuriant green of the fairway SUSPICIOUS, Bandy scowled at the sand trap. —  006 - The Red Skull
  • And this rabbit was already under the influence of a magnifying enchantment. —  Calling on Dragons
  • A few days later, the rabbit was again busily preparing for the IEP meeting. —  Autism Hub
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  1. Middle English rabet, young rabbit, probably from Old French, from Middle Dutch robbe, rabbit.

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  1. Early modern English also rabbate, rabet; from Middle English rabet, rabbit, apparently from Old French *rabot, indicated in French dial. rabotte, a rabbit; cf. Old Dutch robbe, Dutch rob, a rabbit; Low German G. robbe, a sea-dog, seal; Gaelic rabaid, rabait, a rabbit. Cf. French ráble, the back of a rabbit, Spanish Portuguese rabo, tail, hind quarters, Spanish rabel, hind quarters. An older English name is cony. The native name for the rabbit is hare (including hares and rabbits).
  2. from rabbit, n.
  3. from Old French (and F.) rabot, a plasterers' beater: see rabbet.
  4. apparently a corruption of rabate (cf. rabbet), used as a vague imprecation.
 

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