Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coney"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Coney
(Heb. shaphan; i.e., "the hider"), an animal which inhabits the
mountain gorges and the rocky districts of Arabia Petraea and
the Holy Land. "The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they
their houses in the rocks" (Prov. 30:26; Ps. 104:18). They are
gregarious, and "exceeding wise" (Prov. 30:24), and are
described as chewing the cud (Lev. 11:5; Deut. 14:7).
The animal intended by this name is known among naturalists as
the Hyrax Syriacus. It is neither a ruminant nor a rodent, but
is regarded as akin to the rhinoceros. When it is said to "chew
the cud," the Hebrew word so used does not necessarily imply the
possession of a ruminant stomach. "The lawgiver speaks according
to appearances; and no one can watch the constant motion of the
little creature's jaws, as it sits continually working its
teeth, without recognizing the naturalness of the expression"
(Tristram, Natural History of the Bible). It is about the size
and color of a rabbit, though clumsier in structure, and without
a tail. Its feet are not formed for digging, and therefore it
has its home not in burrows but in the clefts of the rocks.
"Coney" is an obsolete English word for "rabbit."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coney \Co"ney\ (? or ?), n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A rabbit. See {Cony}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish. See {Cony}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hind \Hind\, n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G.
hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth.
hinpan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. ? a young
deer.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The female of the red deer, of which the male
is the stag.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A spotted food fish of the genus {Epinephelus},
as {E. apua} of Bermuda, and {E. Drummond-hayi} of
Florida; -- called also {coney}, {John Paw}, {spotted
hind}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cony \Co"ny\ (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF.
connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob.
an Hispanic word.] [Written also {coney}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit ({Lepus
cuniculus}).
(b) The chief hare.
Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be {Hyrax
Syriacus}, called also {daman}, and {cherogril}. See
{Daman}.
2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry
Dinner (1599).
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An important edible West Indian fish ({Epinephelus
apua}); the hind of Bermuda.
(b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coney
n 1: black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
[syn: {Epinephelus fulvus}]
2: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia
with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
[syn: {hyrax}, {cony}, {dassie}, {das}]
3: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia
and western North America [syn: {pika}, {mouse hare}, {rock
rabbit}, {cony}]
4: any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae
having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and
raised for pets or food [syn: {rabbit}, {cony}]
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