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Like a fox - liven up
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vulpine
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning" [syn: vulpecular ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It includes hunts coming across groups of foxes sitting about in fields - hardly typical vulpine behaviour. ▪ The thriving vulpine population is seen by various urban authorities as a problem.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to a fox, fox-like," 1620s, from Latin vulpinus "of or pertaining to a fox," from vulpes , earlier volpes (genitive vulpis , volpis ) "fox," from PIE *wlpe- "fox" (cognates: Greek alopex "fox").
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vulpine \Vul"pine\ (?; 277), a. [L. vulpinus, from vulpes a fox.] Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful. Vulpine phalangist (Zo["o]l.), an Australian carnivorous marsupial ( Phalangista vulpina syn. Trichosurus vulpina ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Pertaining to a fox. 2 Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning. n. 1 Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); ''distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the ...
Usage examples of vulpine.
The notaire also, a lean, vulpine man named Morceau, had just arrived, cross at being disturbed at his favourite cafe.
In place of the lean, vulpine Crandal, a softer, woolier twin appeared.
For sometimes miles at a stretch, Rick would see them crouched along the paths the Hovercycles cut through the woods, silent and feral, vulpine eyes aglow in the eerie morning light.
There: the tall bald man with the vulpine yellow-skinned face and drooping eyelids: that was Imboden, the major domo.
His speech was slow and mellow, measured and unexcited, his gestures were wide, and new teeth gave him a vulpine smile out of all proportion to his emotion.