rabbitlike
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a word derived from
rabbit.
rabbitnounany of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
Example Sentences
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Like how the Wolpertinger, a rabbitlike creature, hangs out in the forests of Bavaria, or that the earliest report of Nessie’s existence dates back to the seventh century.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2018
The Mountaineers, a climbing club based in Seattle, has been training dozens of its members on how to identify pika, rabbitlike mammals with Mickey Mouse ears that live in alpine environments.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2017
Anteaters, hedgehoglike animals called tenrecs, and rabbitlike hyraxes are doing fine, but gaurs, sloth bears, Bactrian camels, and bearded pigs are not.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2016
He also looks peculiar, with blue fur, rabbitlike ears and, of course, no tail.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2015
After watching for a while until I caught an instant when every head was turned away from me, I darted, rabbitlike, into the cave.
From Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs