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Noun: Oryctolagus cuniculus
  1. Common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colours and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless
    - European rabbit, Old World rabbit

Type of: coney, cony, rabbit

Part of: genus Oryctolagus, Oryctolagus

Encyclopedia: Oryctolagus cuniculus