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View synonyms for cuniculus
cuniculus
[ kyoo-nik-yuh-luhs ]
noun
, plural cu·nic·u·li [kyoo-, nik, -y, uh, -lahy].
- a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.
- a low tunnel, as to a burial chamber.
- Pathology. a burrow in the skin caused by the itch mite.
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Other Words From
- cu·nicu·lar adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cuniculus1
1660–70; < Latin: rabbit, burrow; cony
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Example Sentences
The remains of both Cuniculus torquatus and of Myodus lemmus have been found in British pleistocene deposits.
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Figs. 385 and 386 show the ileo-colic junction, ccum and appendix in Lepus cuniculus, the rabbit.
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All antisera were produced in rabbits (laboratory stock of Oryctolagus cuniculus).
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