silver fox

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silver fox

noun silver foxes

  1. A melanistic red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with silver to black fur.
  2. A domestic rabbit of a rare breed with silvery-black fur.
  3. colloquial An attractive person who has graying hair. My surprise visitor was Marcus, arriving early for the party. In tow he had a mean silver fox, a curator who was programming an encyclopedic exhibition of the anti-epoch to which Marcus and I belonged at a major museum.
  4. colloquial, especially An attractive man with graying hair.
  5. colloquial An attractive woman with graying hair.

    Similar: silver vixen

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noun melanistic fox

Españolzorro plateado
日本語ギンギツネ gingitsune
中文銀狐 /银狐 yínhú
Françaisrenard argenté
DeutschSilberfuchs, Silberfüchsin
Românăvulpe argintie
Русскийчёрно-бу́рая лиса́ čórno-búraja lisá, чернобу́рка černobúrka

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@misc{silver_fox_2026,
  title = {silver fox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/silver%20fox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}