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vulpine
[ vuhl-pahyn, -pin ]
adjective
- of or resembling a fox.
- cunning or crafty.
vulpine
/ ˈvʌlpaɪn /
adjective
- Alsovulpecularvʌlˈpɛkjʊlə of, relating to, or resembling a fox
- possessing the characteristics often attributed to foxes; crafty, clever, etc
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Origin of vulpine1
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Example Sentences
I remember that as we said good-bye, there was that in her smile that recalled the vulpine complacency of Mona Lisa, the Wise.
Then, temporarily, his vulpine face showed avaricious hope, and then apprehension.
No vulpine contraction of the muzzle, such as would have suggested the sleuth and invited suspicion.
Even Fleetwood's devil, much addicted to cape and sword and ladder, the vulpine and the gryphine, rejected it.
The vulpine phalanger does duty for a fox; the fat and sleepy little dormouse phalanger takes the place of a European dormouse.
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