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coney

noun

Meaning

  • A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).

  • Rabbit fur.

  • Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).

  • A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.

  • An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.

  • Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae, such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney, and rooster hind.

  • The burbot.

  • A woman; a sweetheart.

Synonyms

bunny,
hare,
coney