Definition of Silver fox

1. Noun. Red fox in the color phase when its pelt is tipped with white.

Generic synonyms: Red Fox, Vulpes Vulpes

Definition of Silver fox

1. Noun. A red fox with pale yellow or (rarely) silver to black fur. ¹

2. Noun. A person with graying hair who has sex appeal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver Fox

silver bullet
silver bullets
silver cell
silver certificate
silver chloride
silver compounds
silver cone
silver cord
silver dollar
silver dollars
silver fern
silver fir
silver firs
silver fluoride
silver foil
silver foxes
silver frost
silver frosts
silver general
silver generals
silver goal
silver goals
silver gray
silver grey
silver hake
silver impregnation
silver iodate
silver iodide

Literary usage of Silver fox

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... is a "silver fox." This last is the most valuable variety, and one which varies from grizzly to almost P»re black; finally, some may be pure black. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... it is a "silver fox." This last is the most valuable variety, and one which varies from grizzly to almost pure black ; finally, some may be pure black. ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1867)
"The silver fox is found ill through the forests of the northern part of the Hudson Bay Terri- ;ories. The greatest number of ;heir skins go to Russia, ..."

4. Down North on the Labrador by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1911)
"The silver fox THE capture of a fox would not be considered a matter of extreme importance in most countries, but in Labrador it may be and has been more ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... is a "silver fox." This last is the most valuable variety, and one which varies from grizzly to almost P»re black; finally, some may be pure black. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... it is a "silver fox." This last is the most valuable variety, and one which varies from grizzly to almost pure black ; finally, some may be pure black. ..."

7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1867)
"The silver fox is found ill through the forests of the northern part of the Hudson Bay Terri- ;ories. The greatest number of ;heir skins go to Russia, ..."

8. Down North on the Labrador by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1911)
"The silver fox THE capture of a fox would not be considered a matter of extreme importance in most countries, but in Labrador it may be and has been more ..."

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