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Definition of European rabbit
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Coney, Cony, Rabbit
Group relationships: Genus Oryctolagus, Oryctolagus
Terms within: Hare, Rabbit
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Rabbit
Literary usage of European rabbit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animals of North America by Henry Beaumont Small (1864)
"Fleming says, that the American hare and European rabbit so nearly resemble each
other, that it puzzles zoologists to assign distinguishing marks. ..."
2. Natural History of New York by New York (State). Natural History Survey, James Ellsworth De Kay (1842)
"It does not burrow like its closely allied species the European rabbit, but makes
its form, which is a slight depression in the ground, sheltered by some ..."
3. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"The number of young are variable with species and region, the European rabbit
having several litters each year, each litter averaging half a dozen or more; ..."
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