coney

1. 1.

   black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins

   SynonymsEpinephelus fulvus

   Broadergrouper

   Part ofEpinephelus
2. 2.

   any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

   Synonymshyraxconydassiedas

   Broaderplacental

   Narrowerrock hyrax

   Part ofProcaviidae
3. 3.

   small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America

   Synonymspikamouse harerock rabbitcony

   Broaderlagomorph

   Narrowerlittle chief harecollared pika

   Part ofOchotonidae
4. 4.

   any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

   Synonymsrabbitcony

   Broaderleporid

   Narrowerrabbit earslapinbunnyEuropean rabbitwood rabbitBelgian hareAngora

   Part ofwarren

   Partsscut

Other forms of coney

plural

coneys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coney

What does coney mean?

coney means "black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coney?

coney has 2 syllables: co-ney. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkoʊni/.

What is another word for coney?

Close synonyms include Epinephelus fulvus, hyrax, cony, dassie, das. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coney a common word?

coney is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coney?

1 word rhymes with coney. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.