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▪ I. cuˈnicular, a.1
[ad. L. cunīculār-is, f. cunīculus: see prec.]
†1. Rabbit-like, living in burrows under ground.
1759B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. II. 235 The Troglydites, or cunicular Men described by Dr. Brown, that lived not like Men but Rabbits.
2. Of or pertaining to underground passages: see cuniculus.
1890Smith, etc. Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiq. I. 573 The ‘cunicular’ drainage of Latium and Southern Etruria belongs rather to the pre-historic antiquities of Italy than to classical times. The subject..has recently been investigated by Italians desirous of restoring to the Campagna its ancient fertility.
▪ II. † cuˈnicular, a.2 Obs.
[f. L. cūnæ cradle: as if through a dim. cuniculæ.]
Of or pertaining to the cradle or to infancy.
1676Acc. Lodowick Muggleton in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 610 (D.) They might have observed, even in his cunicular days..an obstinate, dissentious, and opposive spirit. |