Meaning

3 senses

  1. A male fox.

  2. The arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus, and especially the blue fox subspecies.

  3. Any species of the genus Vulpes.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: dog-foxes

Synonyms

1 synonyms
tod

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doerdogA1doggeddoggo

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