rabbit

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Recent Examples of rabbit In addition to deer, creeping phlox is resistant to rabbit foraging. Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025 The cockatiel, a few rabbits and the dog are with them in San Diego. Corina Knoll, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025 Each course was inspired by the wilderness of the show, featuring ingredients like mushrooms, root vegetables, and pine needles, as well as meat like short rib and rabbit. Helen Murphy, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025 Other examples of plantigrade mammals include humans, raccoons, wolverines, badgers, porcupines, and rabbits. Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rabbit
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Noun
  • Ant nests can be huge underground labyrinths, and raccoons are experts at disguising their nests in trees, which are just a couple of examples.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The list also included various rodents, a spider, pigs, goats, cows, a raccoon, hedgehogs, a crab and more.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Marvel Rocket and Baby Groot Minifigure Recreate some of Rocket’s adventures from Guardians of the Galaxy with this buildable and poseable figure of the beloved racoon.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The Ledge Light Health District said that a racoon found on Cedar Drive in the town of North Stonington was tested and found to be positive for rabies on December 9, 2024.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Tables are broken, a beaver is thrown into a wall, glass bottles break (with the cost of their damage appearing onscreen) and a fish is used as a fire hose.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
  • One particular beaver, named Geronimo, became the program’s reluctant test subject.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • There was one spot in particular where the light from the setting sun filtered through the trees, providing a soft rim light to the foxes.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The fox was spotted several times overnight by searchers but remains on the loose, the zoo said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • However, the baleens that exhibit flight — blue, Bryde’s, sei, fin, and mink whales — have more slender bodies, built for quick escapes, according to the study which was led by Trevor Branch, a professor of aquatic and fishery sciences at the UW.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Europe is the world’s leading producer of mink pelts.
    ByJon Cohen, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Anchored to what is called a seawall, a wetland ecosystem for a diverse range of wildlife — including beavers, muskrats, snapping turtles and all types of insects, bats, and fish — has been created by mostly volunteers.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The eagle looked right at us before resuming its aerial assessment, hooked yellow beak ready to snag a muskrat or bluegill from the ponds below.
    Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • One shopper, Lulu Dinh of Jersey City, N.J., bought her chinchilla coat years ago from 1stDibs.
    Dolly Faibyshev, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • For many years, Ken raised chinchillas at their rural Litchfield homestead.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The state has long handled mountain lions as most states handle coyotes, skunks, or badgers, with no rules governing take of any kind.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The final photograph, David Northall's 'Spiked,' shows a relentless honey badger doubling back to attack a porcupine that has left the badger bloodied and covered in large quills.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Rabbit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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