rabbits

Main Entry:: ¹rab·bit
Pronunciation:: \ˈra-bət\
Function:: noun
Inflected Form(s):: plural rabbit or rabbits
Usage:: often attributive
Etymology:: Middle English rabet, probably from Middle French dialect (Walloon) robett, from obsolete or dialect Dutch robbe, robbeken; probably akin to Middle Low German robbe seal, East Frisian rubben to scratch, rub — more at rub
Date:: 14th century

1: any of a family (Leporidae) of long-eared short-tailed lagomorph mammals with long hind legs: a: any of various lagomorphs that are born furless, blind, and helpless, that are sometimes gregarious, and that include especially the cottontails of the New World and a small Old World mammal (Oryctolagus cuniculus) that is the source of various domestic breeds b: hare 2: the pelt of a rabbit3: welsh rabbit4 a: a figure of a rabbit sped mechanically along the edge of a dog track as an object of pursuit b: a runner in a long-distance race who sets a fast pace for the field in the first part of the race

— rab·bity

\-bə-tē\ adjective

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