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单词 cunicular
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cunicularadj.1

Etymology: < Latin cunīculāris, < cunīculus : see cunicle n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: cuˈnicular.
1. Rabbit-like, living in burrows under ground.
ΚΠ
1759 B. 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 n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [adjective] > sewer
cloacal1656
cunicular1890
1890 W. Smith et al. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (ed. 3) 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

cunicularadj.2

Etymology: < Latin cūnae cradle: as if through a diminutive cuniculae.
Obsolete.
Of or pertaining to the cradle or to infancy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > relating to babyhood or infancy
cunicular1676
1676 Acct. Lodowick Muggleton in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 610 They might have observed, even in his cunicular days..an obstinate, dissentious, and opposive spirit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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