Meaning

noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

noun small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America

noun any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

originFrom Middle English cony, back formation from conies (plural), from Anglo-Norman conis, the plural of connil (“rabbit”), from Latin cunīculus, of unknown origin. Cognate to Catalan conill, Dutch konijn, German Kaninchen, Spanish conejo, and Portuguese coelho. The original pronunciation was /ˈkʌni/ (for the spelling, compare honey and money), but the similarity to cunt (and particularly homophony…

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