coney

noun

1. 1

   A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).

2. 2

   Rabbit fur.

3. 3

   Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).

4. 4

   A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.

5. 5

   An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.

6. 6

   Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae, such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney, and rooster hind.

7. 7

   The burbot.

8. 8

   A woman; a sweetheart.