Dictionary Definition
coney
Noun
1 black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with
reddish fins [syn: Epinephelus
fulvus]
2 any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa
and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
[syn: hyrax, cony, dassie, das]
3 small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky
uplands of Asia and western North America [syn: pika, mouse hare,
rock
rabbit, 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 [syn: rabbit, cony]
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Etymology
Middle English coniAlternative spellings
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Extensive Definition
Coney may also refer to or recall several types
of animals:
- Cuban Coney, an extinct rodent
- Coney, a nickname for the Pika (a distant cousin of the rabbit)
- Coney, a translation of the Hebrew Bible word שָּׁפָן (shaphan), more accurately rendered "hyrax" (a rodent-like member of the suborder Afrotheria)
- Coney, the common name for Cephalopholis fulva, a grouper fish
- Coney catching, a term for confidence trick in Elizabethan English
- Coney, a representation of a rabbit in heraldry; see Charge (heraldry)
Food
In the United States, Coney may refer to several foods:- Coney or cheese coney, a dish from Cincinnati, Ohio
- Coney Island hot dog, served at the Coney Island (restaurant) chain in Michigan
- Coney Sauce, a spicy beef "Cincinnati chili" served on hot dogs
- Coney, an alternative name for a "white hot" hot dog in Central New York; see Hot dog variations
People
- Dean Coney, footballer
- Hykiem Coney, anti-gang activist
- Jeremy Coney, cricketer
- Malachy Coney, a comic writer
- Michael G. Coney, science fiction writer
- Sandra Coney, feminist and women's health campaignist
- Theodore Edward Coneys, a murderer