co·ney 1 also co·ny (k  n , k n)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. [Middle English coni, from Old French conis, pl. of conil, from Latin cun  culus, possibly from cunnus, cunus, female pudenda.] |
| co·ney 2 (kn) n. Informal A Coney Island. |
coney [ˈkəʊnɪ]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a variant spelling of cony
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| Noun | 1. | coney - black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins 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 toeseutherian, 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 | |
| 3. |  coney - small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North Americagnawing 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 foodscut - 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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