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noun

Cony n. (Written also coney)

(Zool.)

(a)

A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus).

(b)

The chief hare. Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.

A simpleton. (Obs.) "It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher."

(Zool.)

(a)

An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.

(b)

A local name of the burbot. (Eng.)

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"Cony" Quotes from Famous Books

... Prussians, in regular force, appear on the Kaninchen Berg (Cony Hill, so called from its rabbits), south of the River, evidently taking post there. Roth fires a signal shot; the Southern Suburbs of Neisse, as preappointed, go up in flame; crackle high and far; in a lamentable manner (ERBARMLICH), through the grim winter air." This is the day ...

— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle

... they had hitherto overlooked, met their eyes. For the garden, they now saw, was peopled with a host of living creatures, fair and of, perhaps, a hundred sorts; and they pointed out to one another how here emerged a cony, or there scampered a hare, or couched a goat, or grazed a fawn, or many another harmless, all but domesticated, creature roved carelessly seeking his pleasure at his own sweet will. All which served immensely to reinforce their already abundant delight. At length, however, they had ...

— The Decameron, Volume I • Giovanni Boccaccio