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cuniculus
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Wiktionary
n. 1 A burrow or low underground passage 2 A burrow in the skin made by a mite
Wikipedia
A cuniculus, plural cuniculi, is a diversionary water channel, used by ancient civilizations on the Italian Peninsula. As the general ancient Italian use derives from the Etruscan use, the term has a special significance of Etruscan cuniculi. The city of Veii was noted for them. The Italian community of Formello to the north of Veii was named after the numerous cuniculi there.
Cuniculi could take any form from trenches to a complex system of tunnels. The uses were multiple: irrigation, drainage, diversion, supply, and so on. The Romans used the cuniculi of Veii to mine into the citadel.
Cuniculus may mean:
- Cuniculus (water channel), diversionary water channels of Ancient Rome
- Cuniculus (genus), zoological genus of the pacas, three species of ground-dwelling, herbivorous rodents in South and Central America.
- redirect Paca
Category:Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson
Usage examples of "cuniculus".
Since you are close to the controls, please trigger another delicious morsel of Lepus Cuniculus while I pay.
Since you are close to the controls, please trigger another delicious morsel of Lepus Cuniculus while I pay.