"dog-fox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dog-foxes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English dogge fox. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dogge fox}} Middle English dogge fox Head templates: {{en-noun}} dog-fox (plural dog-foxes)
  1. A male fox. Categories (lifeform): Male animals Synonyms: tod Coordinate_terms (male fox): vixen (english: female fox)
    Sense id: en-dog-fox-en-noun-4SVMwj~s Disambiguation of Male animals: 45 18 37 Disambiguation of 'male fox': 94 6 0
  2. The arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus, and especially the blue fox subspecies. Categories (lifeform): Foxes, Male animals
    Sense id: en-dog-fox-en-noun-LctrVrpR Disambiguation of Foxes: 29 52 19 Disambiguation of Male animals: 45 18 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 67 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 72 21 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 63 28
  3. Any species of the genus Vulpes. Categories (lifeform): Male animals
    Sense id: en-dog-fox-en-noun-trJ4tarJ Disambiguation of Male animals: 45 18 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dogfox Hypernyms: fox

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