"silver fox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silver foxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} silver fox (plural silver foxes)
  1. A melanistic red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with silver to black fur. Categories (topical): Hair Categories (lifeform): Foxes, Rabbits Derived forms: silver-foxy Translations (melanistic fox): 銀狐 (Chinese Mandarin), 银狐 (yínhú) (Chinese Mandarin), renard argenté [masculine] (French), Silberfuchs [masculine] (German), Silberfüchsin [feminine] (German), ギンギツネ (gingitsune) (Japanese), ӿерф (herf) (Nivkh), vulpe argintie [feminine] (Romanian), чёрно-бу́рая лиса́ (čórno-búraja lisá) [feminine] (Russian), чернобу́рка (černobúrka) [feminine] (Russian), zorro plateado [masculine] (Spanish), silverräv [common-gender] (Swedish), largentarenar (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-silver_fox-en-noun-en:fox Disambiguation of Hair: 51 5 43 Disambiguation of Foxes: 71 12 17 Disambiguation of Rabbits: 55 21 24 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: 56 11 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 17 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 13 25 Disambiguation of 'melanistic fox': 89 2 9
  2. A domestic rabbit of a rare breed with silvery-black fur.
    Sense id: en-silver_fox-en-noun-en:rabbit
  3. (colloquial) An attractive man who has graying hair. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Hair, People
    Sense id: en-silver_fox-en-noun-en:man Disambiguation of Hair: 51 5 43 Disambiguation of People: 26 1 73

Inflected forms

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