Terms Flashcards
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What is the term for a rabbit not true to the characteristics of its breed?
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Sport
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What is the term for a slim, trim, alert and active looking rabbit which is slender in body and legs and harelike in appearance?
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Racy
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What is the term describing the length of leg and limb?
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Extension
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What is the term describing the depth of color carried down a hair shaft?
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Extension
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What is a slipping coat?
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A coat of fur that is shedding or molting
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Describe pencil line.
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A protrusion of fur across the throat and under the chin, not including any skin.
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What is wry tail?
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An abnormal tail, bent, carried or twisted permanently to one side.
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What is felting?
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Wool fibers that have become interwoven during natural growth
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What are shadow bars?
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Weakness of color in the fur on either front or hind feet
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When referring to type, define balance.
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Orderly and pleasing arrangement of physical characteristics, so as to present a harmonious appearance.
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Describe flyback
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Fur when stroked from hindquarters to shoulders quickly returns to normal position
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What is cobby?
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Short and stocky body type which is close coupled and very compact
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What is the term for fur having the appearance of a silvery gloss or luster?
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Silvered
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What is the term for mottling of the eye color?
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Marbling
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By definition, this is to “strike attitudes for effect”?
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Posing
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Describe bull dog head.
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Short, broad, bold head with a masculine appearance
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What is the term for a discharge of white pus, emanating from the nose of a rabbit or from an abscess on a rabbit?
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Purulent Discharge
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What is the term for giving the impression of being large, bulky, heavy and ponderous?
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Massive
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What is the term for the sudden change of a physical characteristic caused by an alteration of the organization of a gene?
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Mutation
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What is the term for dense, fine hair with a very soft feel?
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Plush
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What is the term for a nose whose bridge is so comparatively high as to form a slightly convex line from the forehead to the tip of the nose?
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Roman nose
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What is the term for the brightness and brilliance of fur?
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Luster
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What is the term for a hump or protrusion on the back which mars the appearance of the rabbit?
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Humpback
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What is the term for the removal of undesirable rabbits from the herd?
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Culling
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What is the term for the weight of the rabbit after it has been kilted and dressed with the head, hide, feet and intestines removed?
Carcass Weight
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This is obtained by dividing the weight of the carcass by the weight of the live rabbit?
Carcass Yield
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What is the term for a portion of the rabbit's pelt that lacks fur due to molt or any other cause?
Bare spot
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Definition of roaster.
Meat animal under 6 months of age, minimum weight over 5 1/2 pounds and maximum weight 9 pounds
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Definition of single fryer.
Meat animal not over 10 weeks of age, minimum weight 3 1/2 pounds and maximum weight of 5 1/2 pounds
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Describe soft feces.
Soft due to increased moisture content, clustered together like grapes, bright green in color and covered with a thin mucous membrane
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Describe purulent discharge.
White pus, emanating from the nose of a rabbit or from an abscess on the rabbit
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What is silvering?
Fur having the appearance of a silvery gloss or luster from the abundance of silver white or silver tipped guard hairs evenly distributed throughout the fur, presenting an overall shiny or silvery appearance
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What is a prime line?
A line of fur down the middle of the back and rump in a finished coat.
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Describe snaky.
Slender, narrow body, thin and typical of the Himalayan
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Describe undercut.
The belly marking on a Dutch rabbit
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Describe texture.
Tactile surface characteristics, or feel, of fur
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What term refers to the nose and muzzle color extending further up the face than a butterfly marking?
Mask
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Describe underwool.
Shortest wool fiber, lying at the base of the wool coat. Medium fine, soft, delicately waved undercoat on the Giant Angora.
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Define marked.
A rabbit which is broken up by an orderly placement of another color.
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What is a senior rabbit?
Rabbit 6 months of age or over in those breeds having 4 showroom classes. Rabbit 8 months of age or over in breeds having 6 showroom classes.
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Another way to say a rabbit is "hare-like" is to say it is what?
Racy
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Define coprophagy (or cecotrophy)
The eating of dung
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What is the term for a stain on the coat as a result of urine, manure, or rust from the hutch?
Hutch Stain
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What is another term for mastication?
Chewing
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Define probiotics
Substances with living organisms present
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What is the term for a body type fault in which there is an abrupt and sharp vertical fall from the top of the hip to the tail?
Chopped
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What is the term for a very fine, soft textured fur or wool that lacks guard hair?
Cottony
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What is the term for the natural waviness of the fiber in a wool undercoat?
Crimp
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What is the term for the condition of a rabbit where the skin hangs loosely by its own weight? Not trim, shapely or firm of flesh.
Flabby
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What is the term for a small metal ring on the hind leg of a rabbit used for identification in some foreign countries?
Leg Band
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What is the term for areas of entangled wool or fur?
Mats
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What is the term for the act of shedding?
Molt
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What is the term for wool that is compacted or felted?
Packed
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What is the term for the hide of the animal after it is removed?
Pelt
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Describe rollback
Gradual return of fur to its normal position when stroked from hindquarters to the shoulders
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What is the term for the principal feature of the Satin mutation and has a glass-like, translucent hair shell with the ability to reflect light?
Sheen
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What is the term for an elongated, narrow head, usually terminating in a pinched muzzle?
Snipey
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What is the term for wool fibers that are beginning to felt or mat?
Webbed
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What is the term for the short, dense wool, protruding from the base of the ears forward?
Wool Cap
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What is the term for body fat that is yellow in color?
Yellow Fat
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What is the term for the accumulation of hair in the stomach which forms a block and impairs appetite and digestion?
Hair Ball, Fur Ball, Fur Block
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What is the term for an ulceration of the footpad of the animal?
Sore Hocks
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What is another name for Wry Tail?
Screw Tail
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What is the term for a tail which is hard and brittle due to loss of circulation?
Dead Tail
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What do you call wool on the face below the wool cap?
Transition Wool
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Describe type
The general physical makeup of the rabbit as compared to the ideal
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When referring to eye color, what is the term for normal color that complements or matches the body of the color?
Compatible
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What is the term for fur lying too closely to the body, lacks spring or body as noted by touch?
Flat Coat
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What is the term for the reflection, luster or brightness of naturally healthy fur?
Glossy
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What is another term for Hutch Burn?
Urine Burn
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What is the term for the concave portion of the ear?
Inside of ear
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What is the term for a rabbit that is obviously over-fattened and out of proportion for the true type of the breed?
Hog Fat
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What is the term for a place where domestic rabbits are kept?
Rabbitry
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What is the term for any fully developed, mature rabbit of breeding age?
Adult
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What are tufts?
Wool on tips of ears - not so long as to be tassels
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Definition of stewer.
Meat animal over 6 months of age and over 8 pounds
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What is a broken coat?
A coat with guard hairs missing or broken in spots, which exposes the undercoat.
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What is tail carriage?
Position of the tail when a rabbit is allowed to move freely
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What is the term for the wool covering the rabbit, including all growing fibers?
Fleece
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What is the term for a broader classification than variety, usually applied to color pattern groupings?
Group
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What is the term for the divisions of rabbits by age and size in a show?
Show Classes
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What is the term for the gentle curvature of the spine, extending from the neck to the rear of the rabbit? Best observed by viewing the animal in side profile.
Arch
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What is the term for the manner in which a rabbit carries itself?
Carriage
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What is the term for a rabbit between the age of 6 months and 8 months?
Intermediate
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What is the term for a rabbit less than 6 months of age?
Junior
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What is the term for marked with streaks of color?
Laced
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What is the term for a toenail showing some pigmentation but not the full color?
Light Toenail
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What is the term for wool or fur entangled in a thick mass?
Matted
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What is the term for a small section of fur?
Patch
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What is the term for a genetically related bloodline possessing distinguishable characteristics such as type, color, or coat, and the ability to pass the characteristics to the offspring?
Strain
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What is the term for the carriage of the head to one side at an angular plane, instead of the normal carriage in a vertical plane?
Wry Neck
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What is another term for coprophagy?
Cecotrophy
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What term describes having excessive fat or flesh around shoulder and rib section?
Chuffy
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What term is used to describe overall physical state of a rabbit in relation to health, cleanliness, fur, and grooming?
Condition
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What is the term for an orderly and pleasing arrangement of physical characteristics so as to present a harmonious appearance?
Balance
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What is the term for a broken patterned rabbit marked with color on the entire body except for white which appears below the elbow on the front feet and/or below the ankle on the rear feet?
Booted Broken
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What is the term for the individual hair that combines with others to compose a coat of fur/wool?
Fiber
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What is the term for referring to type, a long narrow specimen?
Rangy
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What do you call any defect or fault which detracts from the appearance of the rabbit?
Blemish
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What is a fault?
A deviation from perfection or a physical imperfection
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What do you call a deviation from perfection or a physical imperfection?
Fault
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What do you call the desired degree of perfection in condition? Fully prime in coat, color and flesh.
Finish
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What do you call any dyeing, plucking, trimming or clipping so as to alter appearance?
Faking
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What do you call a meat rabbit under 6 months of age and between 5.5 and 9 pounds?
Roaster
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What do you call a meat rabbit that is over 6 months of age and over 8 pounds?
Stewer
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What do you call a meat rabbit under 10 weeks of age and weighing from 3.5 to 5.5 pounds?
Single Fryer
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What do you call an animal that exhibits ideal condition of flesh and coat to be?
Prime
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What do you call a rabbit in the US or Canada that was born in a foreign country?
Import
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What do you call a group of three rabbits under the age of 10 weeks, each weighing between 3 and 5 pounds?
Meat Pen
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What is the term used to describe the equal distribution of corresponding markings? Name one breed where you might see this term applied.
Balance - Harlequin, Dutch, Checkered Giant, English Spot, Rhinelander
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What are two other terms for hair blockage?
Wool Blockage, Fur Block, Fur Ball
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What is the term for the orderly classification of organisms into categories on the basis of relationships among them?
Taxonomy
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What is the term for where the manufacturers develop each batch of feed over the same formula always using the same ingredients?
Fixed Formulation
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What is the term for picking the rabbit up by the scruff of the neck?
Scruffing
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What is another term for chewing?
Mastication
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What is a term for a trim appearance with the flank and belly gathered in closely to form an arch when the rabbit is in a sitting position on full arch breeds?
Tucked up
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Describe variety.
Division within a breed or group determined by color
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What is the term for the marking line where lower ear color stops and joins head color; specified in the Checkered Giant?
Cap
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What is the term for a permanent ink tattoo in a rabbit's left ear for the purpose of identification?
Ear Mark
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What is the term for a coat of fur too fine in texture, lacking body; guard hairs are weak and thin in structure; coat lacks proper amount of guard hairs?
Fine Coat
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This trait occurs when the top line over the shoulders is noticeably parallel to the surface of the judging table causing a lack of continuous arch from the neck over the shoulders?
Flat Shoulders
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What is the term for fur not in good condition due to molt, stain, ill health, or poor genetics?
Poor Coat
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What is the term for a mixture of decayed or decaying organic matter used to fertilize soil?
Compost
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What is another term for cecotrophy?
Coprophagy
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What is bloom?
The vitality and finish of a coat in good condition
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What is the term for carrying the young?
Gestation
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Describe wool cap.
The short, dense wool, protruding from the base of the ears forward
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In the meat rabbit what is a synonym for offal?
Waste
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Remember that the term brood absolutely DOES NOT mean what?
Poor quality
