foxess

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foxess

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From fox + -ess, since 1866.

noun foxesses

rare A female fox. The fox said he must stay with his foxess, who was in a delicate way, and one of the little ones had been out too late at a hen-roost, and had caught a very bad cold.
Similar: vixen

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@misc{foxess_2026,
  title = {foxess},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foxess},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}