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
Its more foxlike body shape was quite different from an extinct species know as Hesperocyons, which were smaller, longer, had shorter legs and resembled modern-day weasels.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022
A Panamint chipmunk perched atop a rock, its foxlike ears twitching.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016
The face is foxlike, with small, dark eyes, a thin, neat mustache, an extremely large pointy nose.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
