fox
noun
any of several carnivores of the dog family, especially those of the genus Vulpes, smaller than wolves, having a pointed, slightly upturned muzzle, erect ears, and a long, bushy tail.
foxlike
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a word derived from
fox.
Example Sentences
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Isaiah Berlin, drawing on an ancient Greek proverb, famously observed that Leo Tolstoy was a foxlike writer who knew many things but longed to be someone who, like the hedgehog, knew one big thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Yet we don’t feel the paranoia of eyeballs over the streets, even though it turns out that there’s no way to disguise Powell’s foxlike features under a silly stick-on mustache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
With that, I was almost foxlike, in and out.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Poust said one the animals in the mural painted by artist William Stout, a foxlike creature standing over a freshly killed rabbit, is close to what the Archeocyons may have looked like.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022
The face is foxlike, with small, dark eyes, a thin, neat mustache, an extremely large pointy nose.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
