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ˈcony-fish A name for the Burbot.
1721R. Bradley Wks. Nat. 65 They frequently take at the Buoy of the Nore, about Christmas, a Fish which they call a Coney-Fish, somewhat like an Eel. 1880–4F. Day Fishes Gt. Britain I. 309 Coney-fish appears to be derived from its habit of lurking in holes of river banks, as a coney, or rabbit, does on land. |