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BLACK FOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black fox mean?
• BLACK FOX (noun)
The noun BLACK FOX has 1 sense:
1. red fox in the color phase when its pelt is mostly black
Familiarity information: BLACK FOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Red fox in the color phase when its pelt is mostly black
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("black fox" is a kind of...):
red fox; Vulpes vulpes (the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species)
Context examples
A black fox came toward him, carrying a ptarmigan in his mouth.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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