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
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
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