cony

or co·ney

[koh-nee, kuhn-ee]

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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.

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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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Examples from the Web for cony

Let them climb out of the cañon, back to the top of the world to the cony slide, if they could not wait for me.
Summer|Dallas Lore Sharp
Near each stack collection was an equal number of entrances to cony dens.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
One probably was the owner of the little haystack—the other the cony from the wrecked home.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
During winter rambles in cony highlands I occasionally discovered a stack of hay on the surface.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills

A slowly forming icicle almost filled the unused entrance to the cony den.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills

British Dictionary definitions for cony

cony

coney

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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