1. Common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colours and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless
   - Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus

Derived forms: European rabbits

Type of: coney, cony, rabbit

Part of: genus Oryctolagus, Oryctolagus

Encyclopedia: European rabbit