cony
or co·ney
[ koh-nee, kuhn-ee ]
/ ˈkoʊ ni, ˈkʌn i /
noun, plural co·nies.
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
the daman or other hyrax of the same genus.
the pika.
a rabbit.
Obsolete. a person who is easily tricked; gull; dupe.
Nearby words
convulsionary, convulsive, convulsive disorder, conway, conwy, cony, conybeare, coo, cooboo, cooch, cooch behar
Origin of cony
1150–1200; Middle English, back formation from conyes < Old French conis, plural of conil < Latin cunīculus rabbit, burrow, a word said to be of Iberian orig., according with evidence that the rabbit spread through Europe from NW Africa and the Iberian Peninsula
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cony
coney
/ (ˈkəʊnɪ) /
noun plural -nies or -neys
a rabbit or fur made from the skin of a rabbit
(in the Bible) another name for the hyrax, esp the Syrian rock hyrax
another name for pika
archaic a fool or dupe
Word Origin for cony
C13: back formation from conies, from Old French conis, plural of conil, from Latin cunīculus rabbit
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