Meaning

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

noun a shifty deceptive person

noun the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz Old English fox Middle English fox English fox From Middle English fox, from Old English fox (“fox”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), possibly from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with Scots fox (“fox”), North Frisian foos, fos (“fox”), Saterland…

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