european rabbit

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsOld World rabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

   Broaderrabbit

   Part ofOryctolagus

   Partsrabbit

Questions about european rabbit

What does european rabbit mean?

european rabbit means "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".

What is another word for european rabbit?

Close synonyms include Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is european rabbit a common word?

european rabbit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.