common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless • Syn: Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus • Hypernyms: rabbit, coney, cony • Member Holonyms: Oryctolagus, genus Oryctolagus • Part Meronyms: rabbit, hare