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RABBIT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

Synonyms:

coney; cony; rabbit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("rabbit" is a kind of...):

leporid; leporid mammal (rabbits and hares)

Meronyms (parts of "rabbit"):

scut (a short erect tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rabbit"):

rabbit ears (the long ears of a rabbit)

lapin (castrated male rabbit)

bunny; bunny rabbit ((usually informal) especially a young rabbit)

European rabbit; Old World rabbit; Oryctolagus cuniculus (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)

cottontail; cottontail rabbit; wood rabbit (common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks))

Belgian hare; leporide (red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare)

Angora; Angora rabbit (domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair)

Holonyms ("rabbit" is a member of...):

warren (a colony of rabbits)

Derivation:

rabbit (hunt rabbits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

Synonyms:

hare; rabbit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("rabbit" is a kind of...):

game (the flesh of wild animals that is used for food)

Holonyms ("rabbit" is a part of...):

European rabbit; Old World rabbit; Oryctolagus cuniculus (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)

cottontail; cottontail rabbit; wood rabbit (common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks))

hare (swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes)

Derivation:

rabbit (hunt rabbits)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The fur of a rabbit

Synonyms:

lapin; rabbit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("rabbit" is a kind of...):

fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)

Derivation:

rabbit (hunt rabbits)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hunt rabbits

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "rabbit" is one way to...):

hunt; hunt down; run; track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

In the summer they like to go out and rabbit

Derivation:

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

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

rabbit (the fur of a rabbit)

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 Context examples: 

C. paraputrificum is pathogenic in humans but not in rabbits or guinea pigs.

(Clostridium paraputrificum, NCI Thesaurus)

F. tularensis is pathogenic, being a causative agent of Tularemia which is mainly contracted when handling infected rabbits.

(Francisella tularensis, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology related to the common name for an animal used as the test system in a study (e.g., dog, monkey, mouse, rabbit, rat).

(CDISC SEND Laboratory Animal Species Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The California rabbit is utilized in biomedical research for a variety of purposes, including cardiovascular and ophthalmological research.

(California Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

I laid in a stock of boiled flesh, of rabbits and fowls, and took with me two vessels, one filled with milk and the other with water.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

A white colored rabbit characterized by efficient superovulation and spontaneous formation of lymphoma.

(Japanese White Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

A New Zealand rabbit with a red or agouti coat and coat genotype w, VV, en, e.

(New Zealand Red Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Hemagglutination test in which Coombs' reagent (antiglobulin, or anti-human globulin rabbit immune serum) is added to detect incomplete (non-agglutinating, univalent, blocking) antibodies coating erythrocytes.

(Coombs Test, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The Dutch belted rabbit is commonly utilized in biomedical research for toxicology studies, ophthalmological research, and developmental toxicity studies.

(Dutch Belted Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

The taxonomic order of mammals which include hares, rabbits and pikas.

(Lagomorpha, NCI Thesaurus)