CONIES

Noun

conies

plural of cony

plural of coney

Anagrams

• Enciso, Senoic, coines, cosine, oscine

Source: Wiktionary


CONY

Co"ny ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]

1. (Zoƶl.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). (b) The chief hare.

Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.

2. A simpleton. [Obs.] It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).

3. (Zoƶl.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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