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coney 音標拼音: [k'oni] n. 兔子;兔毛皮;巴斯坦產的巖貍 兔子;兔毛皮;巴斯坦產的岩狸 coney n 1: black- spotted usually dusky- colored fish with reddish fins [ synonym: { coney}, { Epinephelus fulvus}] 2: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent- like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [ synonym: { hyrax}, { coney}, { cony}, { dassie}, { das}] 3: small short- eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America [ synonym: { pika}, { mouse hare}, { rock rabbit}, { coney}, { 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 [ synonym: { rabbit}, { coney}, { cony}] Coney \ Co" ney\ (? or ?), n. 1. ( Zool.) A rabbit. See { Cony}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) A fish. See { Cony}. [ 1913 Webster]
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. ( Zool.) ( a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit ({ Lepus cuniculus}). ( b) The chief hare. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be { Hyrax Syriacus}, called also { daman}, and { cherogril}. See { Daman}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. 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] 3. ( Zool.) ( a) An important edible West Indian fish ({ Epinephelus apua}); the hind of Bermuda. ( b) A local name of the burbot. [ Eng.] [ 1913 Webster]
Hind \ Hind\ ( h[ imac] nd), n. [ AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hin[ thorn] an to seize ( in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. kema` s a young deer.] 1. ( Zool.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) A spotted food fish of the genus { Epinephelus}, as { Epinephelus apua} of Bermuda, and { Epinephelus Drummond- hayi} of Florida; -- called also { coney}, { John Paw}, { spotted hind}. [ 1913 Webster] 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."
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