Ovine vs Rabbit - What's the difference?
ovine | rabbit |
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep.
* 1992 , Colin Tudge, Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can be Stopped , page 175
Specifically, resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent.
A mammal of the family Leporidae , with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
(lb) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
(lb) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
To hunt rabbits.
(US) To flee.
(British) To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
As nouns the difference between ovine and rabbit
is that ovine is a sheep while rabbit is a mammal of the family leporidae , with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.As an adjective ovine
is of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep.As a verb rabbit is
to hunt rabbits or rabbit can be (british|intransitive) to talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.ovine
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Thus, in general, cattle sperm are reasonably robust, but sheep much less so. Antelope, evolutionarily speaking, are somewhere between cattle and sheep: some are cattle-like, and some are more ovine .
Synonyms
* (of or relating to sheep) sheeplike, sheepy * (resembling a sheep in character)Derived terms
* corticorelin ovine triflutate * infectious ovine keratoconjunctivitis * ovine acetonaemia, ovine acetonemia * ovine babesiosis * ovine-caprine lentivirus * ovine ecthyma vaccine * ovine foot rot * ovine genital campylobacteriosis * ovine genital vibriosis * ovine mastitis * ovine progressive pneumonia * ovine pulmonary adenomatosis * ovine smallpoxAnagrams
* ----rabbit
English
(wikipedia rabbit) (Leporidae)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rabet, from (etyl) dialect (compare (etyl) dialect rabbotte, . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
(animal) * bunny (hypocoristic'', ''colloquial'', ''pet name ) * bunny rabbit (hypocoristic'', ''colloquial'', ''pet name ) * coney, cony (dialect )Derived terms
* breed like rabbits * bunny rabbit * fuck like rabbits * jackrabbit * kill the rabbit * pull a rabbit out of the hat * rabbit's foot * rabbity * the rabbit died * Welsh rabbitVerb
- ''The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit .
Synonyms
* (to flee): run off, scamper, boltSee also
* buck * cottontail * doe * hare * kitten * warren * (wikipedia)Etymology 2
From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork , to talk.Verb
- Stop your infernal rabbiting ! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!
- Commonly used in the form "to rabbit on"