Agouti
A coat pattern. The colour of a wild rabbit. White underneath and generally beige on top interspersed with longer black guard hairs.
Albino
A white rabbit with pink eyes
Baby Coat
The coat of a rabbit up to around four months old.
Base Colour
Coat colour next to the skin.
Blaze
White marking between the eyes running down the nose.
Brindling
Coloured or white hairs interspersed in the main coat colour.
Buck
A male rabbit.
Butterfly
A marking on the nose of some breeds that looks like a butterfly.
Cony/Coney
A rabbit.
Crepuscular
Active in the morning and evening.
Dewlap
The area of loose skin on the front of the neck.
Doe
A female rabbit.
Guard Hairs
The longer stronger hairs within the coat.
Kindling
The birth of a litter.
Kitten
A baby rabbit.
Laurice
A very young or unborn rabbit
Litter
Collective term for the young from one pregnancy.
Lop Ear
Ears that fall vertically to the ground.
Pseudo Pregnancy
A female rabbit exhibiting all the signs of a pregnancy but not producing any young.
Rex
A velvety luxurious coat with no guard hairs.
Scut
Another word for a rabbit\'s tail.
Ticking
Hairs of a different colour to the main coat shown by the guard hairs only.
Wall Eye
A blue eye of a different colour to the other eye.
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