| Noun | 1. | European rabbit - common grayish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young born naked and helplessrabbit, cony, coney - any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food hare, rabbit - flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food | |