coney

co·ney ¹ also co·ny  (kn, kn)

n. pl. co·neys also co·nies

1. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

2. The fur of a rabbit.

3. See pika.

4. See hyrax.

5.

a. A grouper (Epinephelus fulvus) of the tropical Atlantic, having dark brown or sharply bicolored skin and a few blue and black spots.

b. Chiefly Florida Keys & West Indies Either of two related fish, the red hind or the graysby.

6. Archaic A dupe; a simpleton.

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[Middle English coni, from Old French conis, pl. of conil, from Latin cunculus, possibly from cunnus, cunus, female pudenda.]

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co·ney ²  (kn)

n. Informal

A Coney Island.

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coney [ˈkəʊnɪ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a variant spelling of cony

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	coney - black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins Epinephelus fulvus grouper - usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas Epinephelus, genus Epinephelus - genus of groupers or sea bass
	2.	coney - any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes cony, das, dassie, hyrax 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
	3.	coney - small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit, cony 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
	4.	coney - any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food rabbit, cony 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

Translations

coney [ˈkəʊnɪ] N (US) → conejo m