dog-fox

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dog-fox

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From Middle English dogge fox. By surface analysis, dog + fox.

noun dog-foxes · dogfox · dog fox

A male fox. Till sung his midnight hymn the owl, / Answer'd the dog-fox with his howl, / Then waked the King—at his request, / Lord Ronald stretch'd himself to rest.
Similar: tod
The arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus, and especially the blue fox subspecies.
Any species of the genus Vulpes.

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@misc{dog_fox_2026,
  title = {dog-fox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dog-fox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}