GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Chief hare . (Zool.) A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.
   1913 Webster
   ☞ It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ.
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

2.       
   Cony , n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]
   (Zool.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). (b) The chief hare.
   1913 Webster
   ☞ The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.
   1913 Webster
   A simpleton. [Obs.]
   1913 Webster
   It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.
   Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).
   
   1913 Webster
   (Zool.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
   1913 Webster