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Definition of Grey fox
1. Noun. Dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States.
Generic synonyms: Fox
Group relationships: Genus Urocyon, Urocyon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grey Fox
Literary usage of Grey fox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: Reminiscences by Oliver Hampton Smith (1858)
"... and I rode " grey fox," that cost me §90. These were the highest prices at
that day for the very best traveling horses in the country. ..."
2. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1878)
"Little grey fox. OF the species enumerated above it is necessary to speak ...
The grey fox is a more southern species than the Red and is rarely found north ..."
3. Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and in Commerce by Henry Poland (1892)
"The grey fox inhabits, as its Latin name denotes, Virginia, and is also abundant in
... The Western grey fox is larger, about 3 feet long, thicker furred, ..."
4. The Intellectual Observer (1868)
"The extreme length of the grey fox, exclusive of the tail, ... The grey fox is
very distinct from the red fox, but it would not prove of any interest to the ..."
5. Mechanisms of Character Formation: An Introduction to Psychoanalysis by William Alanson White (1916)
"... he saw a grey fox, that was one of the central visualisations of the dream
drama, but in his childhood days, although he had seen many foxes, ..."
6. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1877)
"Little grey fox. OF the species enumerated above it is necessary to speak ...
The grey fox is a more southern species than the Red and is rarely found north ..."
7. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Carriage wrappers:—North American grey fox, various, outside of waterproof cloth.
... Cloth travelling bag, lined and trimmed bear 164. ,, lined grey fox. ..."
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