CONY

rabbit, coney, cony

(noun) any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney, cony

(noun) small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America

hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das

(noun) any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cony (plural conies)

A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).

(UK, dialect) Rabbit fur.

Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).

Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew שָׁפָן, thought to be the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, syn. Hyrax syriacus).

(obsolete) A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.

An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.

Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae, such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney, and rooster hind.

(UK, dialect) The burbot.

(obsolete) A woman; a sweetheart.

Synonyms

• (rabbit): bunny, hare

• (tropical West Atlantic groupers): coney

• (burbot): coney-fish

Anagrams

• coyn, cyno-, cyon

Proper noun

CONY (plural er-noun)

Abbreviation of City of New York. (New York City)

Synonyms

• (City of New York): NYC / N.Y.C. / N. Y. C. / nyc; New York City / City of New York / New York; New York, New York

Anagrams

• coyn, cyno-, cyon

Proper noun

CoNY (plural er-noun)

Alternative form of CONY Abbreviation of City of New York. (New York City)

Anagrams

• coyn, cyno-, cyon

Source: Wiktionary

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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. (Zoöl.) (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. (Zoöl.) (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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