Coneys meaning : A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus). Rabbit fur. Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps). A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher. An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva. Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae, such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney, and rooster hind. The burbot. A woman; a sweetheart.