cross fox

noun

1. a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is reddish brown with a dark stripe down the back and another over the shoulders.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cross fox¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

Seeing a remarkably fine skin of a large Cross Fox which I wished to buy, it was handed over to me.

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He had for days set his trap for a beautiful cross-fox that he had once or twice seen.

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The “cross fox” is supposed by the Indians and some naturalists to be only a variety of the last.

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The cross fox, too, which Andy had killed and left in the trap, must be secured.

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I bought from him the skin of a Cross Fox for three dollars.

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