rab·bit 
(răbĭt)
(răbĭt)n. pl. rab·bits or rabbit
1. Any of various long-eared, short-tailed, burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, such as the commonly domesticated species Oryctolagus cuniculus, native to Europe and widely introduced elsewhere, or the cottontail of the Americas.
2. A hare.
3. The flesh of a rabbit, used as food.
4. The fur of a rabbit or hare.
5. Sports
a. A competitor who is designated to set a fast pace for a teammate during a long-distance race.
b. A racehorse that is run at a fast pace early in a race in order to tire the favorite so that another horse can take the lead.
c. A mechanical decoy that is propelled around the track in a greyhound race to incite the dogs.
intr.v. rab·bit·ed, rab·bit·ing, rab·bits
To hunt rabbits or hares.
[Middle English rabet, young rabbit, probably from Old French, from Middle Dutch robbe, rabbit.]
rabbit·er n.
- cont.
- contact
- contact dermatitis
- contact flight
- contact hitter
- contact inhibition
- contact language
- contact lens
- contact metamorphism
- contactor
- contact print
- contact sport
- contactual
- contactually
- contagia
- contagion
- contagious
- contagious abortion
- contagiously
- contagiousness
- contagium
- contain
- containable
- container
- containerboard