Rabbit n. (Zool.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand. Note: The common American rabbit (Lepus sylvatica) is similar but smaller. See Cottontail, and Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack. The larger species of Lepus are commonly called hares. See Hare.
Angora rabbit (Zool.), a variety of the domestic rabbit having long, soft fur.
Rabbit burrow, a hole in the earth made by rabbits for shelter and habitation.
Rabbit fish. (Zool.)
(a)
The northern chimaera (Chimaera monstrosa).
(b)
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, as the bur fish, and puffer. The term is also locally applied to other fishes.
Welsh rabbit, a dish of which the chief constituents are melted cheese over toasted bread, flavored in various ways, as with ale, beer, milk, or spices. The name is popularly said to be a corruption of Welsh rare bit, but it is probably merely a humorous designation; also called Welsh rarebit.
... the bourgeoisie parrot-like echo their utterances—that a Socialist society, in which there is freedom in the choice of love and ample provision for a livelihood worthy of human beings, must soon degenerate into a rabbit warren: it would succumb to excessive sexual indulgence and to excessive procreation. Exactly the reverse is most likely to happen, as certain observations go to prove. Until now the largest number of children were had, not by the ... — Woman under socialism • August Bebel
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