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rabbit

/ˈɹæbət/ sustantivo A1

En español: conejo, conejil, conejuno, ñeco

  1. A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares) (countable, uncountable) · The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.
  2. The meat from this animal. (uncountable) · She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner.
  3. The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur. (uncountable)
  4. A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A batsman who is frequently dismissed by the same bowler (said to be that player's rabbit). (countable, uncountable) · Glenn McGrath dismissed Michael Atherton a record 19 times; hence Atherton is McGrath's rabbit.
  7. A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle. (countable, uncountable)
  8. Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast. (countable, uncountable)

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Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 6 · B2
Now and then you might see a rabbit skipping across the road if you were quiet--which, with Anne and Diana, happened about once in a blue moon.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 107 · C1
Oh, Diana, look, there’s a rabbit.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 203 · C1
“It was much pleasanter at home,” thought poor Alice, “when one wasn’t always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 24 · B2

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