English

Alternative forms

• (rabbit): coney, cunny, connie

Noun

cony ‎(plural conies)

1. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
2. (Britain, dialect) Rabbit fur.
3. Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
   1. Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew šāpān (shaapaan, shaphan), thought to be the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, syn. Hyrax syriacus).
4. (obsolete) A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
   • 1599, Diet's Dry Dinner:

     It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.

5. An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulvus.
6. Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae, such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney, and rooster hind.
7. (Britain, dialect) The burbot.

Synonyms

• (rabbit): bunny, hare
• (tropical West Atlantic groupers): coney
• (burbot): coney-fish

Anagrams

• cyon

References

• cony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• C. T. Onions (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition (Oxford University Press, 1973 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 420
• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cunnus, compare Portuguese cona and Spanish coño.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɲ/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɲ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɲ/

Noun

cony m ‎(plural conys)

1. (vulgar) ****; ****

Interjection

cony!

1. Expression of frustration or surprise.