Dog-fox

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A male fox.

    "Till sung his midnight hymn the owl, / Answer'd the dog-fox with his howl, / Then waked the King—at his request, / Lord Ronald stretch'd himself to rest."

  2. 2
    The arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus, and especially the blue fox subspecies.
  3. 3
    Any species of the genus Vulpes.

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"The dog-fox carefully marks his territory."

Etymology

From Middle English dogge fox. By surface analysis, dog + fox.

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