vulpine
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈvʌlpaɪn/
Adjective

vulpine

  1. 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.
  2. Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.
Translations Translations
  • French: vulpin
  • Russian: ли́сий
Noun

vulpine (plural vulpines)

  1. 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.
  2. A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.



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