Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cony
3 senses of cony
Sense 1
hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das -- (any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes)
=> placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal -- (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Sense 2
pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney, cony -- (small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America)
=> lagomorph, gnawing mammal -- (relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing)
Sense 3
rabbit, coney, cony -- (any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food)
=> leporid, leporid mammal -- (rabbits and hares)