dog fox
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dog fox
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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Johnny had never seen an old dog fox with a fat pullet in his mouth, but he recognized the expression when he saw it.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
It looked to Johnny as if the dog fox had eaten a couple of fat pullets, and had a third in his mouth.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
The dull air woke us from a trance As sixty hounds joined chorus, And away we went, with a stout dog fox Not a furlong's length before us.
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
They heard several times again the high-pitched "yap yurr," and once the deeper notes, which told that the dog fox, too, was near the camp, and was doubtless seeking food to carry home.
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
In the course of one month his wounds were healed, and he had two other classical fights, one with a cat and the other with a dog fox.
From Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton
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