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. (Zoöl.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
CONY-CATCH
Co"ny-catch, v. t.
Defn: To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.] Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.
CONY-CATCHER
Co"ny-catch`er, n.
Defn: A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu.
CONYLENE
Con"y*lene, n. Etym: [Conine + acetylene.]
Defn: An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.
CONYRINE
Con"y*rine, n. Etym: [From Conine.] (Chem.)
Defn: A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.