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VIXEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vixen mean? 

VIXEN (noun)
  The noun VIXEN has 2 senses:

1. a malicious woman with a fierce temperplay

2. a female foxplay

  Familiarity information: VIXEN used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VIXEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A malicious woman with a fierce temper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

harpy; hellcat; vixen

Hypernyms ("vixen" is a kind of...):

disagreeable woman; unpleasant woman (a woman who is an unpleasant person)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A female fox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("vixen" is a kind of...):

fox (alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs)


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