CONY

cony|coney. Cony, or Coney, n. a kind of animal, a rabbit

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Co″ny (? or ?; 277), n. [[OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.]] [Written also coney.] 1. 1. (Zoöl.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). (b) The chief hare.
☞ The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman. 2. 2. A simpleton.
It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599). 3. 3. (Zoöl.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot.