noun

• A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
• (UK, dialect) Rabbit fur.
• Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
• Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew שָׁפָן (shafán), thought to be the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, syn. Hyrax syriacus).
• (obsolete) A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
• An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.
• Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae, such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney, and rooster hind.
• (UK, dialect) The burbot.
• (obsolete) A woman; a sweetheart.
• Alternative form of CONY Abbreviation of City of New York. (New York City)
• Abbreviation of City of New York. (New York City) [New York (New York City), a city in the State of New York of the United States of America.]