slovo | definícia |
coney (mass) | coney
- králik |
coney (encz) | coney,králík n: Zdeněk Brož |
Coney (gcide) | Coney \Co"ney\ (? or ?), n.
1. (Zool.) A rabbit. See Cony.
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2. (Zool.) A fish. See Cony.
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coney (gcide) | 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.
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Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be {Hyrax
Syriacus}, called also daman, and cherogril. See
Daman.
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2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
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It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry
Dinner (1599).
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3. (Zool.)
(a) An important edible West Indian fish ({Epinephelus
apua}); the hind of Bermuda.
(b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
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coney (gcide) | 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.
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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.
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coney (wn) | coney
n 1: black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
[syn: coney, Epinephelus fulvus]
2: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with
rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn:
hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das]
3: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia
and western North America [syn: 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 [syn: rabbit, coney, cony] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
coney (mass) | coney
- králik |
coney (encz) | coney,králík n: Zdeněk Brož |
coney (gcide) | Coney \Co"ney\ (? or ?), n.
1. (Zool.) A rabbit. See Cony.
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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.
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Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be {Hyrax
Syriacus}, called also daman, and cherogril. See
Daman.
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2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
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It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry
Dinner (1599).
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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.
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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.
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coney (wn) | coney
n 1: black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
[syn: coney, Epinephelus fulvus]
2: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with
rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn:
hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das]
3: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia
and western North America [syn: 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 [syn: rabbit, coney, cony] |
coney island (wn) | Coney Island
n 1: a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an
amusement center |
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