coney

Plural: coneys, conies

Noun

• A rabbit, or the fur of a rabbit.
• black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
• any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
• any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
• Alternative spelling of cony (rabbit; hyrax).
• Alternative spelling of cony (fish).
• the Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica
• Ellipsis of Coney Island hot dog.

Examples

• He placed CONEY, hoping his opponent wouldn’t realize it’s a valid Scrabble word.

Synonyms

cony, das, dassie, Epinephelus fulvus, hyrax, mouse hare, pika, rabbit, rock rabbit

Related Words

cheese coney