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A red fox (Vulpes vulpes).

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From Middle English fox, from Old English fox (“fox”), from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from pre-Proto-Germanic *puḱso ("tailed one"), from Proto-Indo-European *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with Scots fox (“fox”), West Frisian foks (“fox”), Dutch vos (“fox”), Low German vos (“fox”), German Fuchs (“fox”), Icelandic fóa (“fox”), Tocharian B päkā (“tail, chowrie”), Russian пух (puch, “down, fluff”), Torwali pūš (“fox”), Hindi पूंछ (pū̃ch, “tail”).

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fox (plural foxes)

  1. A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
  2. Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
  3. The fur of a fox or fox fur.
  4. A fox terrier.
  5. The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
  6. A cunning person.
  7. (slang) An attractive man or woman.
  8. (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
  9. (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.

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Vulpes vulpes
any of the species in the tribe Vulpini
fox fur
fox terrier — see fox terrier
cunning person
attractive woman
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fox (third-person singular simple present foxes, present participle foxing, simple past and past participle foxed)

  1. (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
  2. (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
    This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
  3. (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
  4. (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
    The pages of the book show distinct foxing.

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to trick
to confuse
to act slyly

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From Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puk-, *peuk- (“bushy hair”). Cognate with Old Saxon vuhs (Dutch vos), Old High German fuhs (Yiddish פֿוקס (fuks), German Fuchs). The Indo-European root was also the source of Avestan pusa- (‘plait’), Proto-Slavic *puxъ (Russian пух (“fuzz”)), Proto-Baltic *pausti- (Lithuanian paustìs (“fur”)).

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fox m.

  1. fox

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fox

  1. nominative masculine singular of fol
  2. oblique masculine plural of fol
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