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Definition of Alopex lagopus
1. Noun. Thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter.
Generic synonyms: Fox
Group relationships: Alopex, Genus Alopex
Specialized synonyms: Blue Fox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alopex Lagopus
Literary usage of Alopex lagopus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Washington Acad. vol. 2, p. 15. March 14,1900. TYPE LOCALITY.—Hall Island, Bering
Sea, Alaska. t*alopex lagopus ..."
2. The Opening Of The Maritime Fur Trade At Bering Strait: Americans and by John R. Bockstoce (2005)
"... and blue foxes are color phases of the arctic fox (alopex lagopus). Arctic foxes
are found throughout ..."
3. Dansk ornithologisk forenings tidsskrift by Dansk ornitologisk forening (1907)
"The gorge is situated in an area frequented by Arctic Fox alopex lagopus, Arctic
Hare Lepus arcticus, Lemming Dicrostonyx groen- ..."