Cony /(? [or] ?; 277)/

Co·ny

Cony

n.
  1. A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus) (Zool.)
  2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
    It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.
    — Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).
  3. An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (Zool.) [Eng.]