Foxes

Word FOXES
Character 5
Hyphenation fox es
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Foxes"

What do we mean by foxes?

A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.

Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).

The fur of a fox.

A fox terrier.

The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.

A cunning person.

A physically attractive man or woman.

A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.

A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.

A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.

The fourteenth Lenormand card.

A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

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The word "foxes" in example sentences

A gentleman of my acquaintance, who killed moft of his foxes at this feafon, was humouroufly called midwife to the foxes* ❋ Unknown (1796)

I have used a mouth call for years to call in foxes and coyotes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yet nulabbers continue to spin that nature, including dear little foxes, is not red in tooth and claw but calming shades of fluffy bunny white because it suits their ideological agenda and payroll voters. ❋ Newmania (2007)

The little jackals they call foxes crossed our path at intervals. ❋ Talbot Mundy (1909)

But then, when the foxes are already inside the henhouse ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

The foxes were the companions of her long, wideawake nights now. ❋ Anuradha Roy (2008)

I am all in favor of them blogging but they might not realize that their posts are parodies of themselves -- namely, what we have here is the foxes who are in charge of the hen house telling us how someone, namely the foxes, are stealing the hens. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Great scientists come in two varieties, which Isaiah Berlin, quoting the seventh-century-BC poet Archilochus, called foxes and hedgehogs. ❋ Dyson, Freeman (2005)

The foxes were the cutest little animals and so tame. ❋ Various (N/A)

"I did," whinnied the mare, "but the foxes are his friends, too, and he found me!" ❋ Parker Fillmore (1911)

One of the most popular amusements at Roughborough was an institution called "the hounds" -- more commonly known elsewhere as "hare and hounds," but in this case the hare was a couple of boys who were called foxes, and boys are so particular about correctness of nomenclature where their sports are concerned that I dare not say they played "hare and hounds"; these were "the hounds," and that was all. ❋ Samuel Butler (1868)

The underground world of the foxes is the unconscious natural world, and the above-ground world of the humans is cold and mechanistic. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We had very little success in hauling the seine; about twenty small flounders, and flat-headed fish called foxes were all that were taken. ❋ William Bligh (1785)

The area was rich in game such as seals, reindeer and foxes, which is reflected in other specimens encased in the permafrost that held the Saqqaq hair. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The most heartbreaking part about the story of the foxes was the implication that they had a choice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Officials said it is believed the foxes are the offspring of the rabid, female fox. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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