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Cony

noun

(Written also coney)

Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes. Synonyms: coney, das, dassie, hyrax.

Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America. Synonyms: coney, mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit.

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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... heed, Signior Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in this business; I dare swear this is ...

— The Taming of the Shrew • William Shakespeare [Craig, Oxford edition]

... customers were hatters, and among the many kinds of furs sold for the nap of hats was one known to the trade as "Russia." One day a hatter, Walter Dibble, called to buy some furs. Barnum sold him several kinds, including "beaver" and "cony," and he then asked for some "Russia." They had none, and as Barnum wanted to play a joke upon him, he told him that Mrs. Wheeler had several hundred ...

— A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career. Life of Hon. Phineas T. • Joel Benton

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