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Cony

noun
(Written also coney)
1.
Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.  Synonyms: coney, das, dassie, hyrax.
2.
Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.  Synonyms: coney, mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit.
3.
Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food.  Synonyms: coney, rabbit.





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"Cony" Quotes from Famous Books



... (378,7) [my in-cony Jew] [W. jewel] I know not whether it be fit, however specious, to change Jew to jewel. Jew, in our author's time, was, for whatever reason, apparently a word of endearment. ...
— Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I Comedies • Samuel Johnson


Words linked to "Cony" :   family Ochotonidae, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Old World rabbit, gnawing mammal, Procavia capensis, bunny rabbit, rock hyrax, leporid, leporid mammal, bunny, coney, Belgian hare, Ochotona collaris, warren, rabbit ears, placental, scut, lagomorph, eutherian, lapin, hyrax, little chief hare, leporide, Angora, European rabbit, Procaviidae, wood rabbit, Ochotona princeps, Ochotonidae, eutherian mammal, Angora rabbit, cottontail rabbit, family Procaviidae, collared pika, placental mammal, cottontail


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