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Coxy vs Cony - What's the difference?

coxy | cony |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between coxy and cony

is that coxy is (obsolete) cocky while cony is (obsolete) a simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.

As an adjective coxy

is (obsolete) cocky.

As a noun cony is

a rabbit, especially the european rabbit, oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as ).

coxy

English

Adjective

  • (obsolete) cocky
  • * 1859 "Adam Bede" - George Eliot
  • *:...couldn't abide a fellow who thought he made himself fine by being coxy to's betters...

    • 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) ----