The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kit \Kit\, n. [See Kitten.] A kitten.
Kit fox (Zo["o]l.), a small burrowing fox ( Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox.
Wiktionary
n. ''Vulpes macrotis''
WordNet
n. small gray fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox [syn: Vulpes macrotis]
small gray fox of the plains of western North America [syn: prairie fox, Vulpes velox]
Wikipedia
The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species of North America. Its range is primarily in the Southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico. Some mammalogists classify it as conspecific with the swift fox, V. velox, but molecular systematics imply that the two species are distinct.
Usage examples of "kit fox".
Its underparts were pale orange and the upper fur tan with subtle black shading rather like a kit fox.
The population was reduced to races of kangaroo rat and ground squirrel, the rocky canyons inhabited by kit fox and desert lynx.
Our neo-foxes are part kit fox, part jackal, a bit of cat, and raccoon, for the tail.