Foxling

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A little or young fox; kit; a fox whelp.

    "The tender foxling, not arrived at the maturity of slyness, who never tasted chicken of his own stealing, shall take him without a ruffle of his plumage — only by pronouncing its dingy brown to be rich crimson."

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fox cubfoxlet

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"The tender foxling, not arrived at the maturity of slyness, who never tasted chicken of his own stealing, shall take him without a ruffle of his plumage — only by pronouncing its dingy brown to be rich crimson."

Etymology

From fox + -ling.

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