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Updike, John

(Encyclopedia) Updike, John, 1932–2009, American author, one of the nation's most distinguished 20th-century men of letters, b. Shillington, Pa., grad. Harvard, 1954. In his many novels and stories,…

cottontail rabbit

(Encyclopedia) cottontail rabbit, animal of the order Lagomorpha, which includes the hares and rabbits, except for the domestic, or European, rabbit, which is in a separate species. Members of the…

Apocalypse Now Redux

Director:Francis Ford CoppolaWriters:Francis Ford Coppola and John MiliusR; 197 minutesRelease:7/01Cast:Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Marlon Brando It'll be hard to find a bad review of…

Brewer's: Rabbit

A Welsh rabbit. Toasted cheese, or rather bread and cheese toasted together. (Qy. “rare-bit.”) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RabelaisRabbi Bar-Cochba A B…

Jessica Rabbit

Jessica Rabbit was the voluptuous cartoon femme fatale of the 1988 feature film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The popular comedy, a loose-limbed mix of live action and animation, was based loosely on…

rabbit

(Encyclopedia) rabbit, name for herbivorous mammals of the family Leporidae, which also includes the hare and the pika. Rabbits and hares have large front teeth, short tails, and large hind legs and…

pika

(Encyclopedia) pikapikapīˈkə [key], short-haired mammal related to rabbits and hares, also called mouse hare and rock rabbit. Pikas live above the timber line in the mountains of N Asia and W North…

Brewer's: Welsh Rabbit

Cheese melted and spread over buttered toast. The word rabbit is a corruption of rare-bit. The Welshman he loved toasted cheese, Which made…

coney

(Encyclopedia) coney or conyconeyboth: kōˈnē [key], name used for the rabbit (Oryctolagus) and for its fur; more often, for the pika, a small rodent found at high altitudes in both hemispheres; and…