Crossword clues for vulpine
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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); -- called also vulpine phalanger, and vulpine opossum.
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").
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 dog and wolf''. 2 A person considered '''vulpine''' (cunning); a fox.
WordNet
adj. resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning" [syn: vulpecular]
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.