cunicular

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

cunicular (comparative more cunicular, superlative most cunicular)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a rabbit.

   Synonym: see rabbitlike

   • 2002, Reginald Hill, Death's Jest-Book, page 79:

     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.

Related terms

• cuniculus