alt Hacker NewsYes, cony: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cony#English
See also the note at rabbit: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rabbit#English apparently rabbits themselves are all French. "hare is indeed inherited from Proto-Germanic."
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KurSix • today at 9:39 AM
So hares are the locals and rabbits are the French immigrants
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ButlerianJihad • today at 10:16 AM
Instruction on recognizing the bun [the scientific term] and their ranks: https://m.xkcd.com/1682/
Sequels include bun alert: https://m.xkcd.com/1871/
And bun trend: https://m.xkcd.com/1903/
Chris2048 • today at 9:46 AM
The reason it got "lost":
> the similarity to cunt (and particularly homophony with cunny) led through taboo avoidance both to the word's displacement in the main by rabbit and bunny
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I'm guessing it's a cognate with the Spanish word for rabbit (conejo)?