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coney
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coney or cony (both: kō`nē), name used for the rabbit rabbit, name for herbivorous mammals of the family Leporidae, which also includes the hare and the pika . Rabbits and hares have large front teeth, short tails, and large hind legs and feet adapted for running or jumping.
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 (Oryctolagus) and for its fur; more often, for the pika pika (pī`kə), short-haired mammal related to rabbits and hares , also called mouse hare and rock rabbit.
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, a small rodent found at high altitudes in both hemispheres; and for the hyrax hyrax (hī`răks), name for rabbit-sized mammals of Africa and SW Asia comprising the family Procavidae.
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, a small herbivorous, hoofed animal of Africa and SW Asia. The last is probably the coney referred to in the Bible (Ps. 104.18; Prov. 30.26).

cony

 or coney

Any of certain unrelated animals, including two mammals and two fishes. One mammalian cony is more commonly called a pika. The name cony was once applied to the rabbit and is still sometimes used in the fur business to indicate rabbit fur. The cony of the Old World and the Bible is an unrelated mammal, the hyrax. A variety of whitefish is also called cony, as are certain varieties of sea bass.


cony, coney
1. a rabbit or fur made from the skin of a rabbit
2. (in the Bible) another name for the hyrax esp the Syrian rock hyrax
3. another name for the pika


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