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"rabbit" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often cony (4 letters).
Definitions
Small long-eared mammal that hops and burrows.
Word origin
From Middle English rabet, rabette, from Anglo-Latin rabettus, from dialectal Old French rabotte, probably a diminutive of Middle Dutch or West Flemish robbe (“rabbit, seal”), of uncertain origin; possibly some imitative verb, maybe robben, rubben (“to rub”) is used here to allude to a characteristic of the animal. See rub.
Used in a sentence
“The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.”
“She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner.”
“Glenn McGrath dismissed Michael Atherton a record 19 times; hence Atherton is McGrath's rabbit.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Garden hopper”6 letters
02“Hopping garden visitor”6 letters
03“Long-eared hopper”6 letters
04“Long-eared mammal”6 letters
05“Long-eared animal”6 letters
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