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chimaera monstrosa
(czen) | Chimaera monstrosa,rabbitfishn: velká evropská ryba Michal Ambrož |
Chimaera monstrosa
(gcide) | Rabbit \Rab"bit\ (r[a^]b"b[i^]t), n. [OE. rabet, akin to OD.
robbe, robbeken.] (Zool.)
Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the
common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often
kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries.
It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some
parts of Australia and New Zealand.
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Note: The common American rabbit (Lepus sylvatica) is
similar but smaller. See Cottontail, and {Jack
rabbit}, under 2d Jack. The larger species of Lepus
are commonly called hares. See Hare.
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Angora rabbit (Zool.), a variety of the domestic rabbit
having long, soft fur.
Rabbit burrow, a hole in the earth made by rabbits for
shelter and habitation.
Rabbit fish. (Zool.)
(a) The northern chimaera (Chimaera monstrosa).
(b) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, as the
bur fish, and puffer. The term is also locally applied to
other fishes.
Rabbits' ears. (Bot.) See Cyclamen.
Rabbit warren, a piece of ground appropriated to the
breeding and preservation of rabbits. --Wright.
Rock rabbit.
(a) (Zool.) See Daman, and Klipdas.
(b) the pika.
Welsh rabbit, a dish of which the chief constituents are
melted cheese over toasted bread, flavored in various
ways, as with ale, beer, milk, or spices. The name is
popularly said to be a corruption of Welsh rare bit, but
it is probably merely a humorous designation; -- also
called Welsh rarebit.
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Chimaera monstrosa
(gcide) | Herring \Her"ring\ (h[e^]r"r[i^]ng), n. [OE. hering, AS.
h[ae]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h[aum]ring, hering, OHG.
haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called
because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry.]
(Zool.)
One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and
allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring
(Clupea harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in
vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and
America, where they are salted and smoked in great
quantities.
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Herring gull (Zool.), a large gull which feeds in part upon
herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and {Larus
cachinnans} in England. See Gull.
Herring hog (Zool.), the common porpoise.
King of the herrings. (Zool.)
(a) The chim[ae]ra (Chimaera monstrosa) which follows the
schools of herring. Called also rabbit fish in the U.
K. See Chim[ae]ra.
(b) The opah.
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chimaera monstrosa
(wn) | Chimaera monstrosa
n 1: large European chimaera [syn: rabbitfish, {Chimaera
monstrosa}] |
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