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foxesses

foxesses is the plural of foxess.

Meaning of foxess

Noun

foxess (plural foxesses)

  1. (rare) A female fox.
    • The fox said he must stay with his foxess, who was in a delicate way, and one of the little ones had been out too late at a hen-roost, and had caught a very bad cold.1866, The Land We Love, page 195
    Synonyms:
    vixen

Questions about foxesses

What is foxesses the plural of?
Foxesses is the plural of foxess.

Words near foxesses in the dictionary

  1. foxes
  2. foxes guarding the henhouse
  3. foxes in henhouses
  4. foxes in the henhouse
  5. foxess
  6. foxesses
  7. foxey
  8. foxface
  9. foxfaces
  10. Foxfield
  11. foxfire

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