Akademik

Oryctolagus

noun

Old World rabbits

• Syn: ↑genus Oryctolagus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Leporidae, ↑family Leporidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑European rabbit, ↑Old World rabbit, ↑Oryctolagus cuniculus

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\\-äləgəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from oryct- + Greek lagōs hare

: a genus comprising the common European rabbits

Useful english dictionary. 2012.