rabbit-bunny vs hare

rabbit

Definitions

verb

  1. hunt rabbits

noun

  1. flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
  2. any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
  3. the fur of a rabbit

Examples

Patients received a conditioning regimen that consisted of total body irradiation (1375 cGy in 11 fractions) with partial lung shielding, thiotepa (10 mg/kg), cyclophosphamide (120 mg/kg), and rabbit antithymocyte globulin (1.5 mg/kg).

He infected mice and rabbits with Trypanosoma gondii, the parasite responsible for the dreaded sleeping sickness, then injected the animals with chemical derivatives to determine if any of them could halt the infection.

My beagle chases rabbits which is basically the same as pointing birds and I have shot over her and she is nowhere near gunshy.

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bunny

Definitions

noun

  1. (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
  2. a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit

Examples

Among them was a small cuddly bunny wrapped in a plastic bag against the overnight rain.

I've burrowed like a bunny to a funkhole in the ground.

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hare

Definitions

noun

  1. flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
  2. swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes

verb

  1. run quickly, like a hare

Examples

Rows of brick garden apartments all backed onto a massive common garden: a shared backyard for children to play, dogs to gambol, and families to eat picnics together.

Mass culture is supposedly a leveler and globalizer - by definition, we all share mass cultural references.

Frankly I don't understand why most companies don't follow the same policy as franked income in the hands of shareholders is worth a lot more to them than huge piles of franking credits mouldering away in the company's balance sheet.

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