red fox

noun

1. weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers

• Syn: ↑Celosia argentea

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Celosia, ↑genus Celosia

2. New World fox; often considered the same species as the Old World fox

• Syn: ↑Vulpes fulva

• Hypernyms: ↑fox

• Member Holonyms: ↑Vulpes, ↑genus Vulpes

3. the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species

• Syn: ↑Vulpes vulpes

• Hypernyms: ↑fox

• Hyponyms: ↑black fox, ↑silver fox

• Member Holonyms: ↑Vulpes, ↑genus Vulpes

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noun

: a fox with bright orange red to dusky reddish brown fur that is usually considered to constitute a single circumpolar species (Vulpes vulpes) with several subspecies and that exhibits a marked tendency to deviation from the typical coloring — see black fox, cross fox, silver fox

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a fox, Vulpes vulpes, usually having orangish-red to reddish-brown fur. See illus. under fox.

[1630-40, Amer.]

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red fox noun

A common fox, native to Europe, parts of Asia, N Africa and N America, having a reddish-brown coat and white underparts

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Main Entry: ↑red

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red fox,

1. the common reddish fox of North America.

2. any one of various reddish foxes of Europe, Africa, and Asia.

3. reddish fur of a fox.

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n. a common fox with a reddish coat, native to both Eurasia and North America and living from the Arctic tundra to the southern temperate regions. ● Vulpes vulpes, family Canidae