Angora rabbit

American

noun

one of a breed of rabbits raised chiefly in Europe for its long, silky hair.

Angora rabbit British

noun

a breed of rabbit with long usually white silky hair

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Etymology

Origin of Angora rabbit

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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The word is a portmanteau of “chien,” the French word for dog, and “angora,” the name given to yarn spun from the soft belly fur of the Angora rabbit.

From Seattle Times

None of the boys had been forced to enter anything, but Travis voluntarily entered his Angora rabbit, Bunny.

From Literature

Ask about Angora rabbits, and a word you hear a lot is “docile.”

From New York Times

Sir R. Heron crossed during many years white, black, brown, and fawn-coloured Angora rabbits, and never once got these colours mingled in the same animal, but often all four colours in the same litter.

From Project Gutenberg

There is one assistance which I will now venture to beg of you—viz., to get me, if you can, another specimen of an old white Angora rabbit.

From Project Gutenberg

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