cony

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

(UK, dialect) Rabbit fur.

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

Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew שָׁפָן (shafan), thought to be the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, syn. Hyrax syriacus).

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

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

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

(UK, dialect) The burbot.

(obsolete) A woman; a sweetheart.