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fennec
[ fen-ek ]
noun
- a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
fennec
/ ˈfɛnɛk /
noun
- a very small nocturnal fox, Fennecus zerda , inhabiting deserts of N Africa and Arabia, having pale fur and enormous ears
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fennec1
1780–90; < Arabic fanak < Persian
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fennec1
C18: from Arabic fenek fox
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Example Sentences
The above Fennec was about ten inches long, the tail five inches and a quarter, near an inch of it on the tip, black.
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The fennec is a creature of the desert, and lives in burrows which it scoops out in the sand.
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The fennec spends the heat of the day comfortably curled up in its burrow, with its nose tucked away under its big bushy tail.
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And yet, correctly speaking, it was not a fox neither, but a fennec.
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They were not going to make a circuit for such an insignificant creature as the little fennec.
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