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Definition of: rabbit
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(rab′it) noun
1. Any of various small burrowing rodents (family Leporidae), resembling but smaller than the hare, as the common American cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus).
2. A hare.
3. The pelt of a rabbit or hare.
4. Welsh rabbit.
—v.i. To hunt rabbits. ♦ Homophone: rabbet. [ME rabette. Akin to Walloon robbett, Flemish robbe.]
—rab′bit·er noun
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