n.
Variant: or co · ny
Pronunciation: ' k ō -n ē , 1 also ' k ə -n ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural coneys or conies
Etymology: Middle English conies, plural, from Anglo-French conis, plural of conil, from Latin cuniculus
Date: 12th century
1 a : rabbit fur b (1) : RABBIT especially : the European rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) (2) : PIKA c : HYRAX
2 archaic : DUPE
3 : any of several fishes especially : a dusky black-spotted reddish-finned grouper ( Epinephelus fulvus syn. Cephalopholis fulva ) of the tropical Atlantic