/koh"nee, kun"ee/ , n. , pl. conies .
1. the fur of a rabbit, esp. when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
2. the daman or other hyrax of the same genus.
3. the pika.
4. a rabbit.
5. Obs. a person who is easily tricked; gull; dupe.
Also, coney .
[ 1150-1200; ME, back formation from conyes conis, pl. of conil cuniculus rabbit, burrow, a word said to be of Iberian orig., according with evidence that the rabbit spread through Europe from NW Africa and the Iberian Peninsula ]