cuniculus
Americannoun
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a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.
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a low tunnel, as to a burial chamber.
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Pathology. a burrow in the skin caused by the itch mite.
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Origin of cuniculus
1660–70; < Latin: rabbit, burrow; see cony
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In Roman traditions this temple was regarded as the place where Camillus emerged from the cuniculus, or mine, on the day of the capture of the city.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
The females make tunnels or cuniculi in the cuticle, in which they lay their eggs, and they can readily be removed from these burrows with a needle.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James
Burrows, or cuniculi, are tortuous, straight or zigzag, dotted, slightly elevated, dark-gray or blackish thread-like linear formations, varying in length from an eighth to a half an inch.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
"Not by public presentation, Bunny, nor yet by taking the old dame into my confidence more cuniculi!"
From Mr. Justice Raffles by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Opening out of this and the other chambers, and connecting them together, are a series of low winding passages or cuniculi, just large enough for a man to creep through on all fours.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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