coney
    n 1: black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
         [syn: coney, Epinephelus fulvus]
    2: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with
       rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn:
       hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das]
    3: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia
       and western North America [syn: pika, mouse hare, rock
       rabbit, coney, 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, coney, cony]

Coney \Co"ney\ (? or ?), n.
   1. (Zool.) A rabbit. See Cony.
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   2. (Zool.) A fish. See Cony.
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Cony \Co"ny\ (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF.
   connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob.
   an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]
   1. (Zool.)
      (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus
          cuniculus).
      (b) The chief hare.
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   Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax
         Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See
         Daman.
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   2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
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            It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
            usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry
                                                  Dinner (1599).
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   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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Hind \Hind\ (h[imac]nd), n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG.
   hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh.
   to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf.
   Gr. kema`s a young deer.]
   1. (Zool.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is
      the stag.
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   2. (Zool.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as
      Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus
      Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John
      Paw, spotted hind.
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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."