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Rarecony
The correct spelling is cony.
How to pronounce cony
noun
IPA: /ˈkəʊni/
Say it like: Con-ee
The correct spelling is cony. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
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Definition
noun
- 1.A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
- 2.Rabbit fur.
- 3.Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
- 4.A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
- 5.An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.
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