NOUN | animal | cony, hyrax, coney, dassie, das | any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes |
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animal | cony, pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney | small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America | |
animal | cony, rabbit, coney | any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails |
Meaning | Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes. | |
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Synonyms | hyrax, coney, dassie, das | |
Member of | Procaviidae, family Procaviidae | Includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea |
Narrower | rock hyrax, rock rabbit, Procavia capensis | hyrax that lives in rocky areas |
Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
Spanish | damán, das, dassie, hyracoidea, hyrax | |
Catalan | damà, hyrax |
Meaning | small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America. | |
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Synonyms | pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney | |
Member of | Ochotonidae, family Ochotonidae | pikas and extinct forms |
Narrower | collared pika, Ochotona collaris | Similar to little chief hare and may be same species |
little chief hare, Ochotona princeps | North American pika | |
Broader | lagomorph, gnawing mammal | relative large gnawing animals |
Spanish | pika | |
Catalan | pika |
Meaning | Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food. | |
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Synonyms | rabbit, coney | |
Member of | warren | A colony of rabbits |
Parts | scut | A short erect tail |
Narrower | Angora, Angora rabbit | domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair |
Belgian hare, leporide | Red breed of domestic rabbits | |
European rabbit, Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus | Common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere | |
bunny, bunny rabbit | (usually informal) especially a young rabbit | |
lapin | castrated male rabbit | |
rabbit ears | The long ears of a rabbit | |
wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit | Common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside | |
Broader | leporid, leporid mammal | rabbits and hares |
Spanish | coneja, conejo | |
Catalan | conill |
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