Read the dictionary definition of coney. All definitions for this word.
1. any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
2. small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
3. any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
4. black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins