co·ney /ˈkoni, ||ˈkʌni/
 兔子;兔毛皮;巴斯坦產的岩狸


 Co·ney n.
 1. Zool. A rabbit. See Cony.
 2. Zool. A fish. See Cony.

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 Co·ny n.  [Written also coney.]
 1. Zool. (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). (b) The chief hare.
 Note: ☞ The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.
 2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
    It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.   --Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).
 3. Zool. (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]

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 coney
      n 1: black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
           [syn: Epinephelus fulvus]
      2: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia
         with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
         [syn: hyrax, cony, dassie, das]
      3: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia
         and western North America [syn: pika, mouse hare, {rock
         rabbit, cony]
      4: any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae
         having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and
         raised for pets or food [syn: rabbit, cony]


 Coney
    (Heb. shaphan; i.e., "the hider"), an animal which inhabits the
    mountain gorges and the rocky districts of Arabia Petraea and
    the Holy Land. "The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they
    their houses in the rocks" (Prov. 30:26; Ps. 104:18). They are
    gregarious, and "exceeding wise" (Prov. 30:24), and are
    described as chewing the cud (Lev. 11:5; Deut. 14:7).

      The animal intended by this name is known among naturalists as
    the Hyrax Syriacus. It is neither a ruminant nor a rodent, but
    is regarded as akin to the rhinoceros. When it is said to "chew
    the cud," the Hebrew word so used does not necessarily imply the
    possession of a ruminant stomach. "The lawgiver speaks according
    to appearances; and no one can watch the constant motion of the
    little creature's jaws, as it sits continually working its
    teeth, without recognizing the naturalness of the expression"
    (Tristram, Natural History of the Bible). It is about the size
    and color of a rabbit, though clumsier in structure, and without
    a tail. Its feet are not formed for digging, and therefore it
    has its home not in burrows but in the clefts of the rocks.
    "Coney" is an obsolete English word for "rabbit."