VULPINE

vulpine, vulpecular

(adjective) resembling or characteristic of a fox; “vulpine cunning”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

vulpine (comparative more vulpine, superlative most vulpine)

Pertaining to a fox.

Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.

Noun

vulpine (plural vulpines)

Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf.

A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Vul"pine, a. Etym: [L. vulpinus, from vulpes a fox.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful. Vulpine phalangist (Zoöl.), an Australian carnivorous marsupial (Phalangista, or Trichosurus, vulpina); -- called also vulpine phalanger, and vulpine opossum.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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