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.
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Vulpine
//ˈvʌlpaɪn//
Synonyms for "vulpine" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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Translations
31 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ثَعْلَبِيّ adj (pertaining to a fox)
Belarusian
1 entries- лісі́ны adj (pertaining to a fox)
Bulgarian
2 entries- лиси́чи adj (pertaining to a fox)
- лиси́чи adj (foxlike)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 狐狸的 adj (pertaining to a fox)
Czech
1 entries- liščí adj (pertaining to a fox)
Dutch
2 entries- vosachtig adj (foxlike)
- vossen adj (pertaining to a fox)
Esperanto
2 entries- vulpa adj (pertaining to a fox)
- vulpa adj (foxlike)
French
2 entries- vulpin adj (pertaining to a fox)
- vulpin adj (foxlike)
German
1 entries- Fuchs adj (pertaining to a fox)
Greek
1 entries- αλεπουδίσιος adj (pertaining to a fox)
Japanese
1 entries- キツネの adj (pertaining to a fox)
Korean
1 entries- 여우의 adj (pertaining to a fox)
Latin
2 entries- vulpinus adj (foxlike)
- vulpīnus adj (pertaining to a fox)
Macedonian
1 entries- лисичји adj (pertaining to a fox)
Polish
1 entries- lisi adj (pertaining to a fox)
Portuguese
1 entries- vulpino adj (pertaining to a fox)
Russian
4 entries- ли́сий adj (pertaining to a fox)
- ли́сий adj (foxlike)
- лиси́ный adj (pertaining to a fox)
- лиси́чий adj (pertaining to a fox)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lìsičjī adj (pertaining to a fox)
- лѝсичјӣ adj (pertaining to a fox)
Slovak
1 entries- líščí adj (pertaining to a fox)
Slovene
1 entries- lisičji adj (pertaining to a fox)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ли́сячий adj (pertaining to a fox)
- лиси́чий adj (pertaining to a fox)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The family Canidae^([sic]) 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.
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