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    ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 helplessplay

    Synonyms:

    European rabbit; Old World rabbit; Oryctolagus cuniculus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Oryctolagus cuniculus" is a kind of...):

    coney; cony; rabbit (any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food)

    Meronyms (parts of "Oryctolagus cuniculus"):

    hare; rabbit (flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food)

    Holonyms ("Oryctolagus cuniculus" is a member of...):

    genus Oryctolagus; Oryctolagus (Old World rabbits)

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