Definition of Oryctolagus

1. Noun. Old World rabbits.

Exact synonyms: Genus Oryctolagus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Leporidae, Leporidae
Member holonyms: European Rabbit, Old World Rabbit, Oryctolagus Cuniculus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oryctolagus

Orthotomus sutorius
Ortilis vetula macalli
Orton
Ortonesque
Orudis
Orudis KT
Orunmila
Oruvail
Orville
Orville Wright
Orwell
Orwellian
Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus
Orycteropus afer
Oryctolagus
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Oryol
Oryx gazella
Oryza sativa
Oryzomys
Oryzomys palustris
Oryzopsis
Oryzopsis hymenoides
Oryzopsis miliacea
Osage
Osage River
Osages
Osaka
Osaka Bay

Literary usage of Oryctolagus

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

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"Head slightly more developed than in oryctolagus, with the cephalic process ... Quadrate, and even more massive than that of oryctolagus, but of the same ..."

2. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"The hares and rabbits are now generally divided into two distinct genera, oryctolagus and Lepus, because there are differences in structure and habits ..."

3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1903)
"oryctolagus cuniculus, domestic, Belgian hare, No. 105402. 2. ... oryctolagus cuniculus, wild, No. 3124, England. 5. oryctolagus cuniculus, wild, No. ..."

4. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"The laboratory rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) and other rabbits, hares, and pikas were originally classified as members of the order Rodent.ia. ..."

5. Practical Anatomy of the Rabbit: An Elementary Laboratory Textbook in by Benjamin Arthur Bensley (1910)
"They are all descen- dents of the wild rabbit (oryctolagus ... the European Common Rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus), and Hare (Lepus ..."

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