dog fox

noun

Origin of dog fox¹

First recorded in 1570–80

He coughed and up the ridge a ranging dog-fox barked back an answer to his cough.

By gar, I have smell Iroquois war paint since ver' long time already, and now I smell him strong as old dog fox!

The bark of the dog-fox melted into distance, becoming indistinguishable from the voice of the returning tide.

It's not a bad earth for the old dog-fox and his cubs when the hounds have run him close.

A farmer discovered the lair of an old dog Fox by means of his hound, who trailed the animal to his hole.

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