rabbit

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. 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. n. A hare.
3. n. The fur of a rabbit or hare.
4. n. Sports A runner who intentionally sets a fast pace for a teammate during a long-distance race.
5. v. To hunt rabbits or hares.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A rodent mammal, Lepus cuniculus, of the hare family, Leporidæ; a kind of hare notable for burrowing in the ground. This animal is indigenous to Europe, but has been naturalized in many other countries, and is the original of all the domestic breeds. It is smaller than the common hare of Europe, L. timidus or variabilis, with shorter ears and limbs. The natural color is brownish, but in domestication black, gray, white, and pied individuals are found. The ears are naturally erect, but in some breeds they fall; such rabbits are called lopped or lop-eared, and degrees of lopping of the ears are named half-lops and full-lops. Rabbits breed in their burrows or warrens, and also freely in hutches: they are very prolific, bringing forth several times a year, usually six or eight at a litter, and in some countries where they have been naturalized they multiply so rapidly as to become a pest, as in Australia for example. The fur is used in the manufacture of hats and for other purposes, and the flesh is esteemed for food.
2. n. Hence Any hare; a leporid, or any member of the Leporidæ. The common gray rabbit or wood-rabbit of the United States is L. sylvaticus, also called cottontail and molly cottontail, a variety of which (or a closely related species) is the sage-rabbit of western North America, L. artemisia. The marsh-rabbit is L. palustris; the swamp-rabbit of the Southern States is L. aquaticus. Various large long-eared and long-limbed hares of western North America are called jack-rabbits or jackass-rabbits. The South American rabbit or hare is the tapeti, L. brasiliensis. See cuts under cottontail, jack-rabbit, and hare.
3. To hunt or trap rabbits.
4. n. A wooden implement used in mixing mortar.
5. n. A wooden can used as a drinking-vessel.
6. An interjectional imperative, equivalent to confound.

Wiktionary

1. n. A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
2. n. The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
3. n. A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
4. n. cricket A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
5. v. intransitive To hunt rabbits.
6. v. US, intransitive To flee.
7. v. UK, intransitive To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
2. n. the fur of a rabbit
3. v. hunt rabbits
4. n. flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food