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OLD WORLD RABBIT

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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 helpless

Synonyms:

European rabbit; Old World rabbit; Oryctolagus cuniculus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Old World rabbit" 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 "Old World rabbit"):

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

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

genus Oryctolagus; Oryctolagus (Old World rabbits)

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