Relating to or resembling a rabbit burrow or tunnel system; underground and branching like rabbit tunnels.
From Latin 'cunicularis,' derived from 'cuniculus' (rabbit burrow), which itself comes from Latin 'cuniculus' meaning both the animal and its burrow. The Latin word likely has Iberian origins.
Romans borrowed this word to describe the sneaky underground passages used in siege warfare—they even called military tunnels 'cuniculae'! It's wild that the same word described both cute rabbits and weaponized tunneling strategies.
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