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Definition of Red fox

1. Noun. Weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers.

2. Noun. New World fox; often considered the same species as the Old World fox.

3. Noun. The common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species.

Definition of Red fox

1. Noun. A common species of fox, ''Vulpes vulpes'' native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox. ¹

2. Noun. A flowering plant, ''Celosia argentea'', having brightly coloured flowers of several shades. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Fox

red dwarf red dwarf star red dwarfs red earth red eft red elm red envelope red face test red false mallow red fescue

red fescues red fever red fibres red fire red flag red fox (current term) red foxes red giant red giant star red giants

red ginger red goatfish red goods red goosefoot red gram red grouse red guard red guards red gum red hair

Literary usage of Red fox

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1870)
"Some naturalists think there are but two permanent species of the fos in the United States, viz., the Gray fox and the red fox, though there arc five or sis ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"that no remains of the red fox have been found in the Carlisle and other bone caves of Pennsylvania, while those of the gray fox are abundantly represented ..."

3. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Nova Scotia red fox. red fox. Vulpes fulvus brighter rusty red. Range. Nova Scotia. ... Smaller than the red fox, with larger hind feet and claws. ..."

4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"The European red fox is a different species, the fur being less soft and long, and the tail less bushy and more tapering; ..."

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