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Webster 1913 Edition
Vulpine
Vul′pine
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[L.
vulpinus
, from vulpes
a fox.] Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful.
Vulpine phalangist
(Zool.)
, an Australian carnivorous marsupial (
Phalangista vulpina
syn. Trichosurus vulpina
); – called also vulpine phalanger
, and vulpine opossum
.Webster 1828 Edition
Vulpine
VULPINE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
vulpine
vulpine
English
Adjective
vulpine (comparative more vulpine, superlative most vulpine)
- Pertaining to a fox.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia:
- She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia:
- Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.
Translations
pertaining to a fox
foxlike
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.
- 1980, Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf, unnumbered page,
- The family Canidae consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.
- 1980, Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf, unnumbered page,
- A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.