coney fishn.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊnɪ fɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊni ˌfɪʃ/

Forms: 1600s conifish, 1600s conny-fish, 1600s cony-fish, 1600s cunny fish, 1600s– coney fish.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coney n.¹, fish n.¹

Etymology: < coney n.¹ + fish n.¹ For likely motivations for the name as applied to different fishes, see quots. 1656 at sense 1, 1880-4 at sense 2.

Now chiefly historical.

1. Any of various marine fishes which are said to resemble the rabbit in some way. Cf. coney n.¹ 7.

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1612 J. Smith Map Virginia 15 Herrings, Conyfish, Rockfish.

c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) i. x. 127 Grampus, Porpoys, Seales, Stingrayes..Conifish..and more such like, needles to name, all good fishe.

1656 R. Flecknoe Relation Ten Years Trav. xxiii. 64 Our Mariners Angling, took certain Fishes about the bignesse of Rochats or Gurnet, which they call Cunny Fishes from their resemblance of our Cunnies in face (but only they wanted Ears).

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. 111 The Coney-Fish. Piscis Triangularis... His Head somewhat like that of a Coney; from whence his Name.

a1682 T. Browne Wks. (1905) III. 327 There is another [mullet] not unfrequent, which some call a cunny-fish, but rather a red mullet, of a flosculous red.

1795 W. Winterbotham Hist. View Amer. U.S. III. 245 Barbadoes is well supplied with fish, and some caught in the sea surrounding it are almost peculiar to itself, such as the parrot fish.., terbums, and coney fish.

1807 T. Smith Naturalist's Cabinet V. 100 The five-spined coney fish is also supposed to be an inhabitant of the Indian Ocean.

1859 P. L. Simmonds Curiosities of Food 261 The cuckold or horned coney fish (Monacanthus tomentosus) is much used as food.

1942 Wiliam & Mary Q. 32 215 Herrings (Ponolobus), Conyfish (probably sheepshead, Archosargus), Rockfish (Roccus saxatilis).

1987 D. Watts W. Indies (1990) v. 209 At another meal on Walrond's table [sc. in the mid-17th cent.], fish were served as well as meat, including mullet, mackerel.., lobster and coney fish.

2. The burbot, Lota lota, which burrows into riverbanks.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > lota lota (burbot)

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1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 65 They frequently take at the Buoy of the Nore, about Christmas, a Fish which they call a Coney-Fish, somewhat like an Eel.

1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland 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.

1919 B. P. Holst New Teachers' & Pupils' Cycl. I. 406/2 Burbot... It inhabits the streams and lakes of North America, from Canada to Mexico, and is sometimes called eel-pout, coney fish, and fresh-water cod.

2007 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) (Nexis) 4 May Fen fisherfolk knew them as pout eel, while around the Thetford area, they were known as coney fish, as they were believed to spend much of their time hiding in holes in the bank.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	coney fish
释义	coney fishn. Brit. /ˈkəʊnɪ fɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊni ˌfɪʃ/ Forms: 1600s conifish, 1600s conny-fish, 1600s cony-fish, 1600s cunny fish, 1600s– coney fish. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coney n.¹, fish n.¹ Etymology: < coney n.¹ + fish n.¹ For likely motivations for the name as applied to different fishes, see quots. 1656 at sense 1, 1880-4 at sense 2. Now chiefly historical. 1. Any of various marine fishes which are said to resemble the rabbit in some way. Cf. coney n.¹ 7. ΚΠ 1612 J. Smith Map Virginia 15 Herrings, Conyfish, Rockfish. c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) i. x. 127 Grampus, Porpoys, Seales, Stingrayes..Conifish..and more such like, needles to name, all good fishe. 1656 R. Flecknoe Relation Ten Years Trav. xxiii. 64 Our Mariners Angling, took certain Fishes about the bignesse of Rochats or Gurnet, which they call Cunny Fishes from their resemblance of our Cunnies in face (but only they wanted Ears). 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. 111 The Coney-Fish. Piscis Triangularis... His Head somewhat like that of a Coney; from whence his Name. a1682 T. Browne Wks. (1905) III. 327 There is another [mullet] not unfrequent, which some call a cunny-fish, but rather a red mullet, of a flosculous red. 1795 W. Winterbotham Hist. View Amer. U.S. III. 245 Barbadoes is well supplied with fish, and some caught in the sea surrounding it are almost peculiar to itself, such as the parrot fish.., terbums, and coney fish. 1807 T. Smith Naturalist's Cabinet V. 100 The five-spined coney fish is also supposed to be an inhabitant of the Indian Ocean. 1859 P. L. Simmonds Curiosities of Food 261 The cuckold or horned coney fish (Monacanthus tomentosus) is much used as food. 1942 Wiliam & Mary Q. 32 215 Herrings (Ponolobus), Conyfish (probably sheepshead, Archosargus), Rockfish (Roccus saxatilis). 1987 D. Watts W. Indies (1990) v. 209 At another meal on Walrond's table [sc. in the mid-17th cent.], fish were served as well as meat, including mullet, mackerel.., lobster and coney fish. 2. The burbot, Lota lota, which burrows into riverbanks. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > lota lota (burbot) eel-poutOE burbota1475 quab1598 lote1611 coney fish1721 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 65 They frequently take at the Buoy of the Nore, about Christmas, a Fish which they call a Coney-Fish, somewhat like an Eel. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland 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. 1919 B. P. Holst New Teachers' & Pupils' Cycl. I. 406/2 Burbot... It inhabits the streams and lakes of North America, from Canada to Mexico, and is sometimes called eel-pout, coney fish, and fresh-water cod. 2007 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) (Nexis) 4 May Fen fisherfolk knew them as pout eel, while around the Thetford area, they were known as coney fish, as they were believed to spend much of their time hiding in holes in the bank. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1612
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