"dog-fox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dog-foxes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English dogge fox. By surface analysis, dog + fox. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dogge fox}} Middle English dogge fox, {{surf|en|dog|fox}} By surface analysis, dog + fox Head templates: {{en-noun}} dog-fox (plural dog-foxes)
  1. A male fox. Synonyms: tod Coordinate_terms (male fox): vixen (english: female fox)
    Sense id: en-dog-fox-en-noun-4SVMwj~s Disambiguation of 'male fox': 95 5 0
  2. The arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus, and especially the blue fox subspecies.
    Sense id: en-dog-fox-en-noun-LctrVrpR
  3. Any species of the genus Vulpes. Categories (lifeform): Foxes, Male animals
    Sense id: en-dog-fox-en-noun-trJ4tarJ Disambiguation of Foxes: 21 20 59 Disambiguation of Male animals: 39 8 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 33 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 26 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 26 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dogfox Hypernyms: fox

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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