cunicular

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a rabbit.

Similar
see rabbitlike
OriginLatin cuniculus →
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Meanings

adjectivecunicular (comparative more cunicular, superlative most cunicular)

comparative more cunicular · superlative most cunicular

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a rabbit.

    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.

    2002, Reginald Hill, Death's Jest-Book, page 79

    Synonyms: see rabbitlike

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of a rabbit.

Similar
see rabbitlike
Also see
leporinerabbitlike

Origin

  1. Latincuniculus“rabbit, burrow”
  2. Englishcunicular

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

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APA

cunicular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cunicular

MLA

“cunicular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cunicular. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cunicular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cunicular.

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