Cō'ny or Cōn'y, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [O. Fr. conil, connil, conin, connin, connit, Pr. conil, It. coniglio, Sp. conejo, Pg. coelho, from Lat. cuniculus, a rabbit, cony, an Hispanic word; Ger. kanin, diminutive kaninchen, D. konijn, from O. Fr. conin.] (Zoöl.) A quadruped of the genus Lepus (L. cuniculus); a rabbit.

The cony of Scripture is thought to be a pachyderm animal, Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman. It is small, gregarious, feeble, timid, and easily tamed; it is a native of Syria, Arabia, and Abyssinia, and lives in the mouths of caves or the clefts of rocks. Baird.