"black fox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black foxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black fox (plural black foxes)
  1. Synonym of silver fox, especially in reference to foxskin. Synonyms: silver fox [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-black_fox-en-noun-cXOJ4yuQ
  2. (rare) Synonym of Blanford's fox Tags: rare Categories (lifeform): Foxes Synonyms: Blanford's fox [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-black_fox-en-noun-o8JP3MY~ Disambiguation of Foxes: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69

Inflected forms

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