cony

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkəʊnɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkoʊni, ˈkʌni/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kōnē, kunē)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
co•ny or co•ney /ˈkoʊni, ˈkʌni/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -nies. 
  1. Mammalsa rabbit.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
co•ny  (kōnē, kunē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. 
  1. Clothingthe fur of a rabbit, esp. when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
  2. Zoology, Mammalsthe daman or other hyrax of the same genus.
  3. Mammalsthe pika.
  4. Mammalsa rabbit.
  5. [Obs.]a person who is easily tricked;
    gull;
    dupe.
Also, coney. 
  • 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

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cony, coney / ˈkəʊnɪ/ ( -nies, -neys)
  1. a rabbit or fur made from the skin of a rabbit
  2. (in the Bible) another name for the hyrax, esp the Syrian rock hyrax
  3. another name for pika
  4. a fool or dupe
Etymology: 13th Century: back formation from conies, from Old French conis, plural of conil, from Latin cunīculus rabbit
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