Cony vs Conk - What's the difference?
cony | conk |
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.
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a Bracket fungus'' (A.K.A. ''Shelf fungus''), ''i.e. , a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
(slang) A nose, especially a large one.
(slang) To hit, especially on the head.
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To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
As nouns the difference between cony and conk
is that cony is a rabbit, especially the european rabbit, oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as ) while conk is the shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus'' (aka ''shelf fungus''), ''ie , a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.As a verb conk is
(slang) to hit, especially on the head.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) ----