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Cony vs Coyn - What's the difference?

cony | coyn |

As nouns the difference between cony and coyn

is that cony is a rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as species: Lepus cuniculus) while coyn is obsolete spelling of coin.

cony

English

Alternative forms

* (rabbit) coney, cunny, connie

Noun

(conies)
  • 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 :
    • It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony'' and ''cony catcher .
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (rabbit) bunny, hare

    Anagrams

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    References

    * * * The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (catlangcode) ----

    coyn

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1676, author=Izaak Walton, title=The Compleat Angler, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Well sung brother, you have paid your debt in good coyn , we Anglers are all beholding to the good man that made this Song. }}