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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.

Origin of cross fox

First recorded in 1765–75
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Examples from the Web for cross fox

Historical Examples of cross fox

  • From them always came mixed litters of red-fox, cross-fox, and black and silver.

    The New North

    Agnes Deans Cameron

  • By the way, a cross-fox is not a hybrid; he bears the sign of the cross on his shoulders, and so his name.

    The New North

    Agnes Deans Cameron