Appendix:Glossary of fox terms
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This is a glossary of English Wiktionary entries that relate to foxes.
Names of fox species[edit]
In addition to species unanimously considered foxes this list includes canids that are sometimes – or have previously been – called foxes. Species called by multiple vernacular names have their synonyms listed by approximate order of commonness.
True foxes (genus Vulpes)[edit]
- Vulpes bengalensis
- Bengal fox
- synonym: Indian fox
- Vulpes cana
- Blanford's fox
- synonym: Afghan fox, royal fox, king fox, hoary fox, Baluchistan fox, black fox
- Vulpes chama
- Cape fox
- synonym: cama fox, silver-backed fox, asse fox, asse
- Vulpes corsac
- corsac fox
- synonym: steppe fox
- Vulpes ferrilata
- Tibetan fox
- synonym: Tibetan sand fox, sand fox
- Vulpes lagopus
- arctic fox
- synonym: polar fox, snow fox, white fox
- subspecies: blue fox, Pribilof fox
- Vulpes macrotis
- kit fox
- synonym: desert kit fox, kitfox
- subspecies: curtailed fox
- Vulpes pallida
- pale fox
- synonym: pallid fox, African sand fox, sand fox
- Vulpes rueppellii
- Rüppell's fox
- synonym: sand fox, Rüppell's sand fox
- Vulpes velox
- swift fox
- Vulpes vulpes
- red fox, or fox (sense 1)
- color mutations: bastard fox, brant-fox, cross fox, silver fox (silver vixen), platinum fox, Samson fox, marble fox
- Vulpes zerda
- fennec
- synonym: fennec fox, desert fox, zerda
Gray foxes (genus Urocyon)[edit]
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- Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- gray fox
- synonym: tree fox, wood fox
- Urocyon littoralis
- island fox
- synonym: Channel Island fox, island gray fox, California Channel Island fox, insular gray fox, coast fox, short-tailed fox
South American foxes (zorros)[edit]
- Atelocynus microtis
- short-eared dog or small-eared dog
- synonym: short-eared zorro, short-eared fox
- Cerdocyon thous
- crab-eating fox
- synonym: common zorro, crab-eating zorro
- Lycalopex culpaeus
- culpeo
- synonym: Andean fox, colpeo zorro, colpeo
- †domesticated form: Fuegian dog, Yaghan dog
- Lycalopex fulvipes
- Darwin's fox
- synonym: Darwin's zorro, Chiloe fox
- Lycalopex griseus
- South American gray fox
- synonym: grey zorro, gray zorro, Patagonian gray fox, Patagonian fox, chilla
- Lycalopex gymnocercus
- pampas fox
- synonym: Azara's zorro, Azara's fox
- Lycalopex sechurae
- Sechuran fox
- synonym: Sechuran zorro, Sechura fox, Sechura desert fox, Peruvian desert fox
- Lycalopex vetulus
- hoary fox
- synonym: hoary zorro
Other species[edit]
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- Otocyon megalotis
- bat-eared fox
- synonym: long-eared fox, Delalande's fox
- Chrysocyon brachyurus
- maned wolf
- synonym: maned fox
- Canis simensis
- Ethiopian wolf
- synonym: Abyssinian wolf, Simien jackal, red jackal, Abyssinian fox, Simien fox, cuberow
- †Dusicyon australis
- Falkland Islands wolf
- synonym: Falkland fox, Antarctic wolf, warrah
Taxonomy[edit]
- Lycalopex
- genus of South American foxes
- Urocyon
- genus of gray foxes
- Vulpes
- genus of true foxes
- Vulpini
- taxonomic tribe containing foxes and raccoon dogs
- vulpid
- any member of genus Vulpes
- zorro
- species of genus Lycalopex, Atelocynus, Cerdocyon. Synonymous with South American fox. Favored by some who reserve fox for vulpids.
Sex, plural, etc.[edit]
- dog-fox, dogfox, tod (esp. Scotland)[1], todd
- male fox
- vixen, she-fox, foxess
- female fox
- kit, fox cub, foxlet, foxling, fox-whelp
- fox young
- foxie
- diminutive
- foxes
- plural
- foxen
- plural (nonstandard, dialectical)
- foxxo, fops, fopsy
- endearing internet slang terms
- redcoat
- slang term
- reynard
- slang term
- skulk
- group of foxes
Zoology[edit]
- antifox
- antibody reacting with the immunoglobins found in foxes; counter-fox adjective
- brush
- fox's tail
- clicket, clicketting
- (of a fox) to be in oestrus, to copulate
- earth, kennel
- interior den of a fox
- billiting, fiants[2], foxshit, fuants[3], scumber, waggying[4]
- excrement of a fox
- foxhole, fox hole
- an entrance to a fox's den
- foxtail
- tail of a fox, or something resembling it (esp. plants)
- gekkering, geckering, gekker
- vocalizations of a fox
- main earth
- primary den of a fox
- vulpiculture
- the raising of foxes
Culture[edit]
- enfield
- heraldic beast with the head of a fox, and body of an eagle and wolf
- Firefox (Firefoxer)
- internet browser with a fox logo/mascot
- fox and geese, tod and lambs
- childrens game
- gumiho
- Korean mythological fox spirit
- hulijing
- Chinese mythological fox spirit
- Inari
- Japanese kami of foxes
- kitsune
- Japanese mythological fox spirit
- kyūbi no kitsune
- Japanese mythological nine-tailed fox
- mask
- fox head in heraldry
- Reynard
- fox character in European folklore
- skuggabaldur
- Icelandic mythological part fox creature
- Teumessian fox
- Greek mythological giant fox
- Vulpecula (Vulpeculae)
- fox constellation
- werefox
- (mythology) a person that can transform into a fox
- yiff
- (onomatopoeic) the bark of a fox
Words meaning "like a fox"[edit]
Such words come from three etymological sources: Ancient Greek alopex, Latin vulpes, and Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz and *fuhsinī.
- alopecoid
- brushy - like a fox's tail
- foxen
- foxhood, vixenhood
- foxily
- foxiness
- foxing, foxed
- foxish, foxishly
- foxlike
- foxly
- foxship
- foxy, foxier, foxiest
- Reynardian
- unfoxy, unfoxlike
- vixenish, vixenishness, vixenishly
- vixenlike
- vixenly
- vixeny
- vulpecular
- vulpiform - shaped like a fox
- vulpinary
- vulpine
- vulpinism, vulpinist
- vulpinous
Obsolete or unattested terms[edit]
- foxhol
- foxhole (Old English)
- fyxe
- vixen
- fyxen
- of or relating to foxes; made of fox pelt (Old English)
- fixene, fixen, ffixen, vixon
- vixen (Middle English)
- foxe
- fox (Middle English)
- foxerie
- foxery
- lowrie, lawrie, laurence
- (Scotland) fox
- rinkin
- (Suffolk)[5]
- rive
- (Scotland) smell of a fox[6]
- roplaw
- (Scotland) young fox[7]
- russel
- a (red) fox (Middle English)
- vox, wox
- fox 1500s
- vixinge, vixin, vixon
- vixen 1500s–1700s
Idioms and phrases[edit]
Pertaining to slyness[edit]
- as crazy as a fox, crazy as a fox, crazy like a fox
- a sane person who feigns insanity as deception
- dumb like a fox
- an intelligent person who feigns unintelligence as deception
- fox in the box
- (soccer) player skilled inside the penalty area
- fox in the henhouse, fox guarding the henhouse
- an untrustworthy person placed in a position of trust
- fox sleep, fox's sleep
- to feign sleep
- foxery
- trickery
- sly as a fox, sly fox
- reminiscent of the sly fox archetype in Aesop's fables
- the fox may grow grey but never good
- ones nature cannot be changed
- to outfox
- to outsmart
- play the fox, play the vixen
- to act slyly
- smell a fox
- to be suspicious (of deception)
- fox-drunk
- one who becomes crafty when drunk
Pertaining to sexiness[edit]
- foxcore
- music by female-fronted bands of the 1990s
- foxy boxing
- sport in which female boxers fight in skimpy outfits
- fresh fucked fox in a forest fire
- something which is extremely hot, in any sense
- silver fox, silver-foxy
- attractive older man
- silver vixen
- attractive older woman
- stone-cold fox
- very sexually attractive person
- video vixen
- female model who appears scantily clad as eye candy in music videos
- vixenry, vixenhood, supervixen
- state of being a vixen (salacious woman)
Other[edit]
- fox message
- pangramic test message
- fox's paw
- humorous corruption of faux pas
- the fox's socks
- the best
- the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
- well-known pangram
- to catch/hunt the fox[8], foxed
- to get drunk
Animals named after foxes[edit]
- alopekis - Greek dog breed
- firefox - red panda
- flying fox, fox-bat - fruit bat
- fox maggot
- fox moth
- fox sparrow
- fox squirrel
- foxface - type of rabbitfish
- foxfish - several fish
- Missouri Fox Trotter, foxtrotter - horse
- raccoon fox - ringtail
- sea fox, fox shark, Alopiidae (alopiid)
- Volpino, Volpino Italiano - Italian dog breed
Plants named after foxes[edit]
- Bovista - from Old High German meaning "vixen's fart"
- fox grape
- fox sedge
- fox's foot
- foxberry
- foxglove, fox-glove, foxterleaves (Scotland)[1]
- foxnut - water lily seed
- foxtail barley
- foxtail clubmoss, tod's tails (Scotland)
- foxtail millet
- foxtail
- smell fox - flowering plant
- soft fox sedge
- wild foxtail millet
Other things named after foxes[edit]
- alopecia, fox evil
- hair loss, named after appearance of foxes with mange
- Desert Fox
- Wehrmacht field marshal
- fox bolt
- bolt receiving a fox wedge
- fox eye
- narrow, upturned eyes; eye makeup style
- fox wedge, (foxtail wedge)
- woodworking tool
- foxaline
- faux fox fur
- foxfire, fox fire, fox-fire
- fungal bioluminescence
- foxtail saw
- saw
- foxtrot, fox-trot
- ballroom dance
- inari
- sushi dish named after fox kami Inari
- kitsune udon
- Japanese noodle dish
- Vixen
- Santa's fourth reindeer
- vulpinic acid, vulpic acid
- yellowish acid
Venery[edit]
- anjing fox terrier, foxhound, fox terrier, smooth fox terrier, wire fox terrier
- hunting dog breeds
- earth-stopping
- act of blocking a fox's burrow
- fox caller, fox whistle
- whistle mimicking the sound of a distressed rabbit
- foxhunt, foxhunter, fox hunting
- animal hunt; radiosport
- foxless
- without foxes
- foxproof
- resistant to foxes, e.g. fence
- foxskin
- pelt
- fox tossing
- bloodsport
- uncape
- to remove a fox from its den
- vulpicide, vulpicidism
- fox poison
- yoicks
- foxhunters' call: possible antecedent of yikes
Onomastics[edit]
Surnames[edit]
- Fox, Foxe (Foxean), Foxx, Foxy
- Foxcroft
- Foxell, Foxwell
- Foxheart
- Foxlove
- Foxworth, Foxworthy
- Stelfox
Places[edit]
Named in a manner pertaining to foxes, rather than individuals surnamed Fox
References[edit]
- ^ https://archive.org/details/JamiesonScottishDictionary/page/n607/mode/2up?q=%22fox+is+vulgarly+known%22
- ^ https://archive.org/details/b30505847/page/n289/mode/2up?q=fiants
- ^ https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-gentlemans-recreati_cox-nicholas_1677/page/n25/mode/2up?q=fuants
- ^ https://archive.org/details/dictonaryofarcha01hallrich/page/466/mode/2up?q=waggying
- ^ https://archive.org/details/faunabritannica0000bucz/page/404/mode/2up?q=rinkin
- ^ https://archive.org/details/englishdialectdi05wrig/page/128/mode/2up?q=fox
- ^ https://archive.org/details/faunabritannica0000bucz/page/404/mode/2up?q=roplaw
- ^ https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.01718/page/174/mode/2up?q=fox