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 : 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