"red fox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: red foxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} red fox (countable and uncountable, plural red foxes)
  1. (countable) A common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Amaranth subfamily plants, Foxes Synonyms (Vulpes vulpes): common fox Hypernyms (Vulpes vulpes): fox Translations (Vulpes vulpes): rooivos (Afrikaans), 赤狐 (chìhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 火狐 (huǒhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 紅狐 (Chinese Mandarin), 红狐 (hónghú) (Chinese Mandarin), 草狐 (cǎohú) (Chinese Mandarin), 南狐 (nánhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 銀狐 (Chinese Mandarin), 银狐 (yínhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 十字狐 (shízìhú) (Chinese Mandarin), liška obecná [feminine] (Czech), ræv [common-gender] (Danish), rode vos [masculine] (Dutch), gewone vos [masculine] (Dutch), ruĝa vulpo (Esperanto), rebane (Estonian), punarebane (Estonian), revur [masculine] (Faroese), punakettu (Finnish), kettu (Finnish), renard roux [masculine] (French), ჩვეულებრივი მელა (čveulebrivi mela) (Georgian), წითური მელა (c̣ituri mela) (Georgian), Rotfuchs [masculine] (German), 赤狐 (akagitsune) (alt: アカギツネ) (Japanese), پۄژھٕ لوو (pọċhụ lōv) (Kashmiri), რჩქვანელობური მელა (rčkvaneloburi mela) (Mingrelian), үнэг (üneg) (Mongolian), улаан үнэг (ulaan üneg) (Mongolian), rødrev [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), raudrev [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lis rudy [animate, masculine] (Polish), raposa-vermelha [feminine] (Portuguese), golpelha [feminine] (Portuguese), ਲਾਲ ਲੂੰਬੜੀ (lāl lūmbṛī) [feminine] (Punjabi), ры́жая лиси́ца (rýžaja lisíca) [feminine] (Russian), riˊmjj (Skolt Sami), rödräv [common-gender] (Swedish), räv [common-gender] (Swedish), kızıl tilki (Turkish)
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  2. (uncountable, usually capitalized) Certain varieties of species of genus Celosia, such as of Celosia argentea. Tags: capitalized, uncountable, usually Synonyms (Celosia argentea): plumed cockscomb, wool flower Translations (Celosia argentea): kukonharja (Finnish), цело́зия серебри́стая (celózija serebrístaja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-red_fox-en-noun-dUkDFdW2 Disambiguation of 'Celosia argentea': 28 72 Disambiguation of 'Celosia argentea': 28 72

Inflected forms

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        "(uncountable, usually capitalized) Certain varieties of species of genus Celosia, such as of Celosia argentea."
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          "ref": "1971, Pennsylvania Flower Growers, Bulletin, numbers 236-268:",
          "text": "Celosia Red Fox won for its breeder—T. Sakata, C>P>O> Box 11, Yokohama, Japan—a Bronze Medal",
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          "text": "Celosia argentea CELOSIA Centaurea cyanus and C. moschata BACHELOR'S BUTTON and SWEET SULTAN COMMON […] The most useful plumed varieties are Apricot Brandy, Forest Fire, Red Fox and accidental light yellow colors.",
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "roman": "čveulebrivi mela",
      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "word": "ჩვეულებრივი მელა"
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "word": "үнэг"
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "word": "улаан үнэг"
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "word": "rødrev"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "word": "raudrev"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lis rudy"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "raposa-vermelha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "golpelha"
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      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "lāl lūmbṛī",
      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ਲਾਲ ਲੂੰਬੜੀ"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rýžaja lisíca",
      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ры́жая лиси́ца"
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "word": "riˊmjj"
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
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      "word": "räv"
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      "sense": "Vulpes vulpes",
      "word": "kızıl tilki"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Celosia argentea",
      "word": "kukonharja"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "celózija serebrístaja",
      "sense": "Celosia argentea",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "цело́зия серебри́стая"
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  "word": "red fox"
}

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