Conj vs Cony - What's the difference?
conj | cony |
A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as ).
(UK, dialect) Rabbit fur.
Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew ลก?p?n'' (''shaapaan'', ''shaphan''), thought to be the rock hyrax ''Hyrax syriacus .
Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika ((taxlink), formerly Lagomys princeps ).
(obsolete) A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
* 1599 , Diet's Dry Dinner :
An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: , the hind of Bermuda; (taxlink); (taxlink).
Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae are also called coney , such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney and rooster hind.
(UK, dialect) The burbot, also called coney-fish.
As nouns the difference between conj and cony
is that conj is while cony is a rabbit, especially the european rabbit, oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as ).cony
English
Alternative forms
* (rabbit) coney, cunny, connieNoun
(conies)- It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony'' and ''cony catcher .
Synonyms
* (rabbit) bunny, hareAnagrams
*References
* * *The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (catlangcode) ----