black fox
black fox noun: synonym of silver fox, especially in reference to foxskin.
Noun
black fox (plural black foxes)
- Synonym of silver fox, especially in reference to foxskin.
- This is particularly true of the black fox industry. The fur-value of a high-grade prime black fox skin ranges from about $500 to about $2,5001914, Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Fisheries, Game and Fur-bearing Animals; Jones, John Walter, 1878-, Fur-farming in Canada, Ottawa: Mortimer, →LCCN
- Prince Edward Island is the world's headquarters of “Silver Fox” ranching. It was here that the problems of domesticating and breeding the black fox were solved , and the development has attracted world-wide attention.2008, Kirsch, Sharon, 1960-, What species of creatures : animal relations from the New World, Vancouver: New Star Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- silver fox
- Synonym of Blanford's fox
- Synonyms:
- Blanford's fox
Synonyms of black fox
Forms of black fox
| plural | black foxes |
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Questions about black fox
- What does black fox mean?
- Black fox means synonym of silver fox, especially in reference to foxskin.
- What part of speech is black fox?
- Black fox is a noun.
- What is the plural of black fox?
- The plural of black fox is black foxes.
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