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name
Initialism of City of New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Alternative letter-case form of CONY
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
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noun
Rabbit fur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
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noun
Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew שָׁפָן (shafán), thought to be the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, syn. Hyrax syriacus).
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noun
A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.
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noun
Any of certain members of family Epinephelidae of Atlantic groupers, such as mutton hamlets, graysby, Cuban coneys, and rooster hinds.
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noun
A burbot.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
A woman; a sweetheart.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rabbit, coney
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Broader terms: leporid, leporid mammal
Narrower terms: rabbit ears, lapin, bunny, bunny rabbit, European rabbit, Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit, Belgian hare, leporide, Angora, Angora rabbit
noun
small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney
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Broader terms: lagomorph, gnawing mammal
Narrower terms: little chief hare, Ochotona princeps, collared pika, Ochotona collaris
noun
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hyrax, coney, dassie, das
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Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
Narrower terms: rock hyrax, rock rabbit, Procavia capensis
History
From Middle English cony, back formation from conies (plural), from Anglo-Norman conis, the plural of connil (“rabbit”), from Latin cunīculus, of unknown origin. Cognate to Catalan conill, Dutch konijn, German Kaninchen, Spanish conejo, and Portuguese coelho. The original pronunciation was /ˈkʌni/ (for the spelling, compare honey and money), but the similarity to cunt (and particularly homophony with cunny) led through taboo avoidance both to the word's displacement in the main by rabbit and bunny and to the spelling-pronunciation /ˈkəʊni/ becoming standard.
Across languages
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