vulpine
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈvʌlpaɪn/
vulpine
- Pertaining to a fox.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia:
- She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia:
- Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.
- French: vulpin
- Russian: ли́сий
vulpine (plural vulpines)
- Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf.
- 1980, Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf, unnumbered page ↗,
- The family Canidae consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.
- 1980, Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf, unnumbered page ↗,
- A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.
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