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Definition of Coney
1. Noun. Black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins.
Generic synonyms: Grouper
Group relationships: Epinephelus, Genus Epinephelus
2. Noun. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
Generic synonyms: Eutherian, Eutherian Mammal, Placental, Placental Mammal
Group relationships: Family Procaviidae, Procaviidae
Specialized synonyms: Procavia Capensis, Rock Hyrax, Rock Rabbit
3. Noun. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
Generic synonyms: Gnawing Mammal, Lagomorph
Group relationships: Family Ochotonidae, Ochotonidae
Specialized synonyms: Little Chief Hare, Ochotona Princeps, Collared Pika, Ochotona Collaris
4. Noun. Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food.
Terms within: Scut
Generic synonyms: Leporid, Leporid Mammal
Specialized synonyms: Rabbit Ears, Lapin, Bunny, Bunny Rabbit, European Rabbit, Old World Rabbit, Oryctolagus Cuniculus, Cottontail, Cottontail Rabbit, Wood Rabbit, Belgian Hare, Leporide, Angora, Angora Rabbit
Group relationships: Warren
Derivative terms: Rabbit
Definition of Coney
1. n. A rabbit. See Cony.
Definition of Coney
1. Noun. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit (''Lepus cuniculus''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coney
1. cony [n -NEYS] - See also: cony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coney
Literary usage of Coney
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London by Charles Knight (1843)
"Then, ere they part, they make him a coney, and so ferret-claw him at cards, ...
For at this time, it seems, coney-catching was universally managed by the ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1907)
"Died Mr. Nathaniel coney of this church." Nathaniel coney married Elizabeth ...
Nathaniel coney married, as his second wife, Abigail, daughter of Thomas ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1843)
"(With a View of the House of Walter coney, at Lynn Regis, Norfolk. ... It was
built about the middle of the fifteenth century by Walter coney, ..."
4. Illustrative Cases on Equity Jurisprudence by Harry Burns Hutchins, Robert Emmet Bunker (1903)
"coney ISLAND & BR CO. (39 NE 17, 144 NY 152.) Court of Appeals of New York. Dec.
11, 1894. Appeal from supreme court, general term, Second department Action ..."
5. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin by Laurence Binyon (1898)
"coney, 1807. Water colours and Indian ink; 10J x 18 J in. ... Signed and dated J.
coney, 1812. Water colours over Indian ink ; 9 x GJ in. 17. ST. ..."
6. Sewage Disposal in the United States by George W. Rafter, Moses Nelson Baker (1893)
"THE disposal plants at coney Island, Round Lake, White Plains, ... coney ISLAND.
The first of the four plants to be put in operation was that at coney ..."
7. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer (1919)
"At night the electric Niagara IV dark doorways, the clutter of fire-escapes,
coney ISLAND AT NIGHT the rickety wooden hoardings. ..."
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