arctic fox

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arctic fox^¹

/ˈɑːktɪk fɒks/ UK
/ˈɑːktɪk fɔks/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈɑɹktɪk fɑks/ US
/ˈɑɹktɪk fɒks/ Canada
/ˈɐːktɪk fɔks/ Australia
/ˈɐːktɪk fɒks/ New Zealand
/ˈaɾktɪk fɔks/ Scotland

noun arctic foxes · Arctic fox

Vulpes lagopus, a fox of the family Canidae, living in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.
Similar: polar fox, snow fox, white fox

Arctic fox^²

noun Arctic foxes

countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of arctic fox

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noun Vulpes lagopus

Español	zorro polar, zorro ártico, zorro blanco, zorro de las nieves
한국어	북극여우 bukgeugyeou
日本語	北極狐 hokkyoku-gitsune, 白狐
中文	北極狐 /北极狐 běijíhú, 藍狐 /蓝狐 lánhú, 白狐 báihú
Português	raposa polar, raposa-do-ártico
Français	renard polaire
Deutsch	Polarfuchs
Italiano	volpe artica
Română	vulpe polară, vulpe arctică
Русский	песе́ц peséc, поля́рная лиси́ца poljárnaja lisíca

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@misc{arctic_fox_2026,
  title = {arctic fox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arctic%20fox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}