Main Entry:

co·ney

Variant(s):

or co·ny \ˈkō-nē, 1 also ˈkə-nē\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

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: hyrax2archaic : dupe3: any of several fishes ; especially : a dusky black-spotted reddish-finned grouper (Epinephelus fulvus syn. Cephalopholis fulva) of the tropical Atlantic