cony

co·ny

 (kō′nē, kŭn′ē)

n.

Variant of coney¹.

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cony

(ˈkəʊnɪ) or

coney

n, pl -nies or -neys

1. (Animals) a rabbit or fur made from the skin of a rabbit

2. (Animals) (in the Bible) another name for the hyrax, esp the Syrian rock hyrax

3. (Animals) another name for pika

4. archaic a fool or dupe

[C13: back formation from conies, from Old French conis, plural of conil, from Latin cunīculus rabbit]

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co•ny

or co•ney

(ˈkoʊ ni, ˈkʌn i)

n., pl. -nies.

1. the fur of a rabbit.

2. a hyrax of the genus Procavia.

3. a pika.

4. a rabbit.

5. Obs. a person who is easily tricked; dupe.

[1150–1200; Middle English, back formation from conyes < Old French conis, pl. of conil < Latin cunīculus rabbit, burrow]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cony - any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes das, dassie, hyrax, coney eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials family Procaviidae, Procaviidae - includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea Procavia capensis, rock hyrax, rock rabbit - hyrax that lives in rocky areas
	2.	cony - small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit, coney gnawing mammal, lagomorph - relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing family Ochotonidae, Ochotonidae - pikas and extinct forms little chief hare, Ochotona princeps - North American pika collared pika, Ochotona collaris - similar to little chief hare and may be same species
	3.	cony - any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food rabbit, coney scut - a short erect tail leporid, leporid mammal - rabbits and hares rabbit ears - the long ears of a rabbit lapin - castrated male rabbit bunny rabbit, bunny - (usually informal) especially a young rabbit European rabbit, Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus - common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless cottontail, cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit - common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) Belgian hare, leporide - red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare Angora rabbit, Angora - domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair warren - a colony of rabbits

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Translations

κουνέλι

lapin

cony

[ˈkəʊnɪ] N (US) → conejo m

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cony

, coney

n

(US) → Kaninchen nt

(also cony skin) → Kaninchenfell nt

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