rabbitling

plural rabbitlings

1. rareA small or young rabbit.

   Three rabbitlings, all with surprising tails — an unique breed — were a peace-offering to move the stubbornest of hearts.

   1857, Henry Morley, Gossip, page 228

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   Yonder goes a weasel wriggling over a turf fence, on the other side of which probably it has its home, gorged, as one can imagine, with the brains of silly rabbibs^([sic]) and rabbitlings.

   1887, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 263, page 301

   I remember catching a nearly full-grown "rabbitling” in a rather strange way when the waters were out at Windsor, Eton, and Datchet.

   1905, Arthur Henry Beavan, Animals I Have Known, page 72

   The total quantity of milk produced during the year was 129,399.6 litres, out of which 25,420.0 litres were fed to calves, piglets and rabbitlings, 78,467.0 litres were sold to Hospitals, […]

   1980, Annual Report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Environment, page 177