Found 2 hits - Term: cherogril, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cony \co"ny\ ? or ?; 277, n. oe. coning, conig, coni, of.
connin, conin, connil, fr. l. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob.
an hispanic word. written also coney.
1. zool.
a a rabbit, esp., the european rabbit lepus
cuniculus.
b the chief hare.
1913 webster
note: the cony of scripture is thought to be hyrax
syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. see
daman.
1913 webster
2. a simpleton. obs.
1913 webster
it is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --diet's dry
dinner 1599.
1913 webster
3. zool.
a an important edible west indian fish epinephelus
apua; the hind of bermuda.
b a local name of the burbot. eng.
1913 webster
see also:
coney lepus cuniculus hyrax syriacus daman cherogril daman
epinephelus apua
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cherogril \cher"ogril\, n. l. choerogryllus, gr. ?; ? a young
swine + ? a pig. zool.
see cony.
1913 webster
see also:
cony
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