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
a fool or dupe
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co•ny
(kō′nē, kun′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies.
- Clothingthe fur of a rabbit, esp. when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Zoology, Mammalsthe daman or other hyrax of the same genus.
- Mammalsthe pika.
- Mammalsa rabbit.
- [Obs.]a person who is easily tricked;
gull;
dupe.
- Latin cunīculus rabbit, burrow, a word said to be of Iberian origin, originally, according with evidence that the rabbit spread through Europe from NW Africa and the Iberian Peninsula
- Old French conis, plural of conil
- Middle English, back formation from conyes 1150–1200
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