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

This list includes canids that are sometimes, or have previously been, called foxes. Species called by multiple vernacular names have synonyms listed by approximate order of commonness.

Vulpids (genus Vulpes)

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
former genus: Alopex
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
subspecies:
V. v. abietorum: British Columbia red fox, fir fox, fir wood fox
V. v. aegyptiacus, atlantica, barbara: Nile fox, barbary red fox, North African red fox, Egyptian red fox
V. v. alascensis: Alaska red fox
V. v. alpherakyi, caucasica, kurdistanica: Caucasian red fox, valley fox, Kurdistan fox, trans-Caucasian mountain fox
V. v. anatolica, flavescens: Persian red fox, Anatolian red fox, Kurdistan red fox, trans-Caucasian montane fox, Turkmenistan red fox
V. v. arabica: Arabian red fox
V. v. beringiana: Anadyr fox, East Russian red fox, Kamchatka red fox, tundra fox, Yakutsk red fox, trans-Baikal red fox
V. v. cascadensis: Cascade red fox, Cascade mountains red fox
V. v. crucigera: European red fox, crucigera fox, British red fox
V. v. fulva: Eastern American red fox, North American red fox
V. v. ichnusae: Sardinian red fox
V. v. indutus: Cypriot fox, Cyprus red fox
V. v. japonica: Japanese red fox
V. v. karagan, ochroxanta: Karagan red fox, Fergana fox, Kazahkstan red fox, Tian-shan red fox
V. v. hoole, tschiliensis: Chinese red fox, Northern/Southern Chinese fox
V. v. macroura: Rocky Mountain red fox, long-tailed red fox, Wasatch mountain fox
V. v. montana, griffithii: Tibetan red fox, Kashmir red fox, montane red fox, hill fox
V. v. necator: Sierra Nevada red fox, high sierra fox, murdering fox
V. v. palaestina: Palestinian red fox, Palestinian fox
V. v. patwin: Sacramenta Valley red fox, Central Valley red fox
V. v. peculiosa: Korean red fox
V. v. pusilla: white-footed fox, Punjab red fox, desert red fox
V. v. regalis: royal fox, Northern Plains red fox
V. v. schrencki: Ezo red fox, Sakhalin fox, Hokkaido red fox, Schrenck's red fox, Kuril island fox
V. v. silacea: Iberian red fox
V. v. vulpes: Scandinavian red fox, common red fox
Vulpes zerda
fennec
synonym: fennec fox, desert fox, zerda

Gray foxes (genus Urocyon)

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)

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

Otocyon

Otocyon megalotis
bat-eared fox
synonym: long-eared fox, Delalande's fox

Other canids once suffixed with fox

Atelocynus microtis
short-eared dog or small-eared dog
synonym: short-eared zorro, short-eared fox
Chrysocyon brachyurus
maned wolf
synonym: maned fox, fox wolf
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

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.

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
leash
group of three foxes

Zoology

antifox
antibody reacting with the immunoglobins found in foxes; counter-fox adjective
brush, foxtail
fox's tail
clicket, clicketting
(of a fox) to be in oestrus, to copulate
earth, kennel
interior den of a fox
billiting, fiants, foxshit, fuants[2], scumber, waggying[3]
excrement of a fox
foxhole, fox hole
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

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; Japanese female given name
kitsune
Japanese mythological fox spirit
kyūbi no kitsune
Japanese mythological nine-tailed fox
mask
fox head in heraldry
Reynard
antihero 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"

Such words come from three etymological sources: Ancient Greek alopex, Latin vulpes, and Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz and *fuhsinī.

Obsolete spellings

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
foxes glofa
foxglove (Old English)
russel
a (red) fox (Middle English)
sculke
skulk
vox, wox
fox (1500s)
vixinge, vixin, vixon
vixen (1500s–1700s)

Regional terms

lowrie, lawrie, laurence
fox (Scotland)
rinkin
fox (Suffolk)[4]
rive
smell of a fox (Scotland)[5]
roplaw
young fox (southern Scotland)[6]

Idioms and phrases

Pertaining to slyness

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-drunk
one who becomes crafty when drunk
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
polly-fox
to move silently[7]
smell a fox
to be suspicious (of deception)

Pertaining to sexiness

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

fox message
pangramic test message
fox's paw
humorous corruption of faux pas
fox's socks
the best
sour grapes
from The Fox and the Grapes fable
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
well-known pangram
to catch a fox, to hunt the fox[8], foxed
to get drunk

Animals named after foxes

Plants named after foxes

Other things named after foxes

alopecia, fox evil
hair loss, named after appearance of foxes with mange
alopekis
historical hat
Desert Fox
Wehrmacht field marshal
Foxbat
aircraft
fox bolt, fox key, fox lathe, fox wedge, foxtail wedge
woodworking terms
fox eye
narrow, upturned eyes; eye makeup style
foxed, foxing, heel fox, slipper-foxed
shoemaking jargon
foxing, fox mark
brownish stain
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

anjing fox terrier, foxhound, fox dog, fox terrier, smooth fox terrier, wire fox terrier
hunting dog breeds
bagfox, bag-fox
fox released from a bag for chasing
earth dog
breed for catching foxes
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
tallyho
used to urge on a foxhunt
Todhunter
surname
uncape
to remove a fox from its den
vulpicide, vulpicidism
fox poison
yoicks
foxhunters' call: possible antecedent of yikes

Onomastics

Names

English

Germanic

Romance

Slavic

Hebrew

From Appendix:Biblical names

Other

Places

References

  1. ^ https://archive.org/details/JamiesonScottishDictionary/page/n607/mode/2up?q=%22fox+is+vulgarly+known%22
  2. ^ https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-gentlemans-recreati_cox-nicholas_1677/page/n25/mode/2up?q=fuants
  3. ^ https://archive.org/details/dictonaryofarcha01hallrich/page/466/mode/2up?q=waggying
  4. ^ https://archive.org/details/faunabritannica0000bucz/page/404/mode/2up?q=rinkin
  5. ^ https://archive.org/details/englishdialectdi05wrig/page/128/mode/2up?q=fox
  6. ^ https://archive.org/details/faunabritannica0000bucz/page/404/mode/2up?q=roplaw
  7. ^ https://archive.org/details/dixiedictionaryi0000unse/page/96/mode/2up?q=%22polly+fox%22
  8. ^ https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.01718/page/174/mode/2up?q=fox
  9. ^ https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-37681
  10. ^ https://archive.org/details/cherokeelanguage0000trut/page/202/mode/2up?q=Black+fox
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