Meaning of Cony | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
2. Initialism of City of New York.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. Alternative letter-case form of CONY
   alt-of
4. Rabbit fur.
   UK, dialectal
5. Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
6. Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew שָׁפָן (shafán), thought to be the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, syn. Hyrax syriacus).
7. A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
   obsolete
8. An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.
9. Any of certain members of family Epinephelidae of Atlantic groupers, such as mutton hamlets, graysby, Cuban coneys, and rooster hinds.
10. A burbot.
    UK, dialectal
11. A woman; a sweetheart.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“I were skynnes of conny, / That causeth I loke so donny.”

I wear skins of cony, / That cause me to look so dunny.

“ORLANDO. Are you native of this place? / ROSALIND. As the cony that you see / dwell where she is kindled.”

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

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