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Cony
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Cony has 3 senses
- cony(n = noun.animal) coney, das, dassie, hyrax - any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes; Array is a kind of eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
- cony(n = noun.animal) coney, mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit - small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America; Array is a kind of gnawing mammal, lagomorph
- cony(n = noun.animal) coney, rabbit - any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food; Array has parts: scut
is a member of family procaviidae, procaviidae
has particulars: procavia capensis, rock hyrax, rock rabbit
is a member of family ochotonidae, ochotonidae
has particulars: little chief hare, ochotona princeps, collared pika, ochotona collaris
is a kind of leporid, leporid mammal
has particulars: rabbit ears, lapin, bunny, bunny rabbit, european rabbit, old world rabbit, oryctolagus cuniculus, cottontail, cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit, belgian hare, leporide, angora, angora rabbit
is a member of warren
CIDE DICTIONARY
Cony, n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.].
- A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (
Lepus cuniculus ) [1913 Webster]" The cony of Scripture is thought to beHyrax Syriacus , called alsodaman , andcherogril . SeeDaman ." [1913 Webster] - A simpleton. [1913 Webster]"It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher." [1913 Webster]
- An important edible West Indian fish (
Epinephelus apua ); the hind of Bermuda. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Cony, n. (also coney) (pl. -ies or -eys)
1 a a rabbit. b its fur.
2 Bibl. a hyrax.
1 a a rabbit. b its fur.
2 Bibl. a hyrax.
Etymology
ME cunin(g) f. AF coning, OF conin, f. L cuniculus
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