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cunicular

cunicular adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a rabbit.

Adjective

cunicular (comparative more cunicular, superlative most cunicular)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a rabbit.
    • I didn't see Albacore until I arrived in the lecture theatre a few minutes before nine and saw his cunicular nose twitch with relief.2002, Reginald Hill, Death's Jest-Book, page 79

Forms of cunicular

comparativemore cunicular
superlativemost cunicular

Origin of cunicular

From Latin cuniculus (“rabbit, burrow”). See cony.

Questions about cunicular

What does cunicular mean?
Cunicular means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a rabbit.
What part of speech is cunicular?
Cunicular is an adjective.

Words near cunicular in the dictionary

  1. cuneus
  2. Cung
  3. cungevoi
  4. Cungrea
  5. Cungs
  6. cunicular
  7. cuniculate
  8. cuniculi
  9. cuniculid
  10. cuniculids
  11. cuniculiform

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