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desert fox

desert fox noun: the fennec.

Noun

desert fox (plural desert foxes)

  1. The fennec.
  2. (India) The white-footed fox.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:desert fox.

Proper noun capitalized: Desert Fox

the Desert Fox

  1. (historical) Erwin Rommel (1891–1944), a German field marshal and tank commander during World War II.

desert fox meaning in Tamil

desert fox in Tamil

பாலைநில நரி

Forms of desert fox

pluraldesert foxes

Origin of desert fox

Possibly a calque of German Wüstenfuchs, in reference to the terrain in which the North African campaign was fought, and the popular conception of the slyness of the fox. Not clear whether it was coined in British or German media first, as the respective term arose in each language near-simultaneously.

Questions about desert fox

What does desert fox mean?
Desert fox means the fennec.
What is desert fox in Tamil?
Desert fox in Tamil is பாலைநில நரி. See Desert fox meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is desert fox?
Desert fox can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of desert fox?
The plural of desert fox is desert foxes.

Words near desert fox in the dictionary

  1. desert dollies
  2. desert dolly
  3. Desert Edge
  4. Desert Father
  5. Desert Fathers
  6. desert fox
  7. desert foxes
  8. desert fruit cake
  9. desert fruit cakes
  10. desert glue
  11. desert hare

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Adapted from Wiktionary: desert fox (page history and authors); Desert Fox (page history and authors); desert fox (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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