Cryptic crossword clue
Reluctant to talk about name for rabbit 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CONY

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We know that "rabbit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rabbit = cony.
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What does CONY mean?

CONY noun
  1. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
  2. Rabbit fur.
  3. Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
  4. A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
  5. An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.
  6. Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae, such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney, and rooster hind.
  7. The burbot.
  8. A woman; a sweetheart.

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