cunicular

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin cuniculus (rabbit, burrow). See cony.

Adjective

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cunicular (comparative more cunicular, superlative most cunicular)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a rabbit.
    Synonym: see rabbitlike
    • 2002, Reginald Hill, Death's Jest-Book, page 79:
      I didn't see Albacore until I arrived in the lecture theatre a few minutes before nine and saw his cunicular nose twitch with relief.
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