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coney

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coney or cony (both: kō`nē), name used for the rabbit rabbit, name for herbivorous mammals of the family Leporidae, which also includes the hare and the pika . Rabbits and hares have large front teeth, short tails, and large hind legs and feet adapted for running or jumping.
..... Click the link for more information.  (Oryctolagus) and for its fur; more often, for the pika pika (pī`kə), short-haired mammal related to rabbits and hares , also called mouse hare and rock rabbit.
..... Click the link for more information. , a small rodent found at high altitudes in both hemispheres; and for the hyrax hyrax (hī`răks), name for rabbit-sized mammals of Africa and SW Asia comprising the family Procavidae.
..... Click the link for more information. , a small herbivorous, hoofed animal of Africa and SW Asia. The last is probably the coney referred to in the Bible (Ps. 104.18; Prov. 30.26).


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Tobin and me, the two of us, went down to Coney one day, for there was four dollars between us, and Tobin had need of distractions.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
, was the owner of several hundred lots on the island of Manhattan; of one hundred and twenty-three in the city of Brooklyn; of nearly as many in Williamsburg; of large undivided interests in Milwaukie, Chicago, Rock River, Moonville, and other similar places; besides owning a considerable part of a place called Coney Island.
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