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"Cony" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... am ready to go with you; it makes no difference to me;" and afterwards went down to the lake side, where he filled his pouch with smooth pebbles, each of which he selected with great care for, when herding his goats among the mountains, Jonas had been always practicing with a sling, and many a cony had fallen before his ...
— For the Temple - A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem • G. A. Henty
... member of your family. He is called Little Chief Hare, but he isn't a Hare at all, although he looks much like a small Rabbit with short hind legs and rounded ears. He has a family all to himself and should be called a Pika. Some folks do call him that, but more call him a Cony, and some call him the Crying Hare. This is because he uses his voice a great deal, which is something no member of the Hare family does. In size he is just about as big as one of your half-grown babies, Peter, so, you see, he really is a very little ...
— The Burgess Animal Book for Children • Thornton W. Burgess |
Words linked to "Cony" : bunny, gnawing mammal, Angora, family Ochotonidae, Old World rabbit, Procaviidae, rock hyrax, collared pika, rabbit ears, Ochotona princeps, warren, wood rabbit, placental, placental mammal, leporide, Ochotonidae, Procavia capensis, Belgian hare, European rabbit, eutherian, eutherian mammal, lapin, Angora rabbit, cottontail rabbit, little chief hare, leporid, bunny rabbit, Ochotona collaris, cottontail, scut, Oryctolagus cuniculus, leporid mammal, lagomorph, family Procaviidae |
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