Definition of European rabbit

1. Noun. Common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless.

Exact synonyms: Old World Rabbit, Oryctolagus Cuniculus
Generic synonyms: Coney, Cony, Rabbit
Group relationships: Genus Oryctolagus, Oryctolagus
Terms within: Hare, Rabbit

Lexicographical Neighbors of European Rabbit

European option
European options
European otter
European otters
European paradox
European parsley fern
European pasqueflower
European peacock
European peacocks
European perch
European perches
European plan
European pollock
European pollocks
European quaking aspen
European rabbit (current term)
European raspberry
European red elder
European river lamprey
European river lampreys
European robin
European robins
European roller
European sandpiper
European sanicle
European sea bream
European sea eagle
European shrike

Literary usage of European rabbit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animals of North America by Henry Beaumont Small (1864)
"Fleming says, that the American hare and European rabbit so nearly resemble each other, that it puzzles zoologists to assign distinguishing marks. ..."

2. Natural History of New York by New York (State). Natural History Survey, James Ellsworth De Kay (1842)
"It does not burrow like its closely allied species the European rabbit, but makes its form, which is a slight depression in the ground, sheltered by some ..."

3. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"The number of young are variable with species and region, the European rabbit having several litters each year, each litter averaging half a dozen or more; ..."

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