cony

co·ny  (kn, kn)

n.

Variant of coney¹.

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cony, coney [ˈkəʊnɪ]

n pl -nies, -neys

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a rabbit or fur made from the skin of a rabbit

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (in the Bible) another name for the hyrax esp the Syrian rock hyrax

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the pika

4. Archaic a fool or dupe

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

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

Translations

cony [ˈkəʊnɪ] N (US) → conejo m

cony, coney

n

(US) → Kaninchen nt

(also cony skin) → Kaninchenfell nt