ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oryctolagus cuniculus mean? 

• ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS (noun)
  The noun ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS (noun)

Sense 1

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

European rabbit; Old World rabbit; Oryctolagus cuniculus

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)