"fennec" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛnɪk/ Forms: fennecs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French fennec, from Arabic فَنَك (fanak). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|fennec|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French fennec, {{bor+|en|fr|fennec}} Borrowed from French fennec, {{der|en|ar|فَنَك}} Arabic فَنَك (fanak), {{dercat|en|fa|xgn-pro}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} fennec (plural fennecs)
  1. A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears. Categories (lifeform): Foxes Synonyms: desert fox, fennec fox Translations (fox): فَنَك (fanak) [masculine] (Arabic), фенек (fenek) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fennec [masculine] (Catalan), 耳廓狐 (ěrkuòhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 耳郭狐 (ěrguōhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 𦗒狐 (guōhú) (Chinese Mandarin), fenek [masculine] (Czech), fennek [masculine] (Dutch), feneko (Esperanto), aavikkokettu (Finnish), fennec [masculine] (French), Fennek [masculine] (German), Fennec [masculine] (Hausa), פֶנֶק (féneq) [masculine] (Hebrew), fennec [masculine] (Italian), フェネック (fenekku) (Japanese), フェネック狐 (fenekku-gitsune) (Japanese), қалқанқұлақ түлкі (qalqanqūlaq tülkı) (Kazakh), фенек (fenek) (Kazakh), 페넥여우 (peneg-yeou) (Korean), 사막여우 (samag-yeou) (Korean), volpi tad-deżert [masculine] (Maltese), цөлийн үнэг (cöliin üneg) (Mongolian), Mąʼii bijaaʼtsohí (Navajo), ørkenrev [masculine] (Norwegian), fenek [masculine] (Polish), feneco [masculine] (Portuguese), fenec [masculine] (Romanian), фе́нек (fének) [masculine] (Russian), fénec [masculine] (Spanish), fennek [common-gender] (Swedish), ökenräv [common-gender] (Swedish), cáo Fennec (Vietnamese), cáo tai to châu Phi (Vietnamese), ffennec (Welsh), kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ (Yoruba)

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    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "fox",
      "word": "kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fennec"
}

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