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foxling

foxling noun: a little or young fox; kit; a fox whelp.

Noun

foxling (plural foxlings)

  1. A little or young fox; kit; a fox whelp.
    • The tender foxling, not arrived at the maturity of slyness, who never tasted chicken of his own stealing, shall take him without a ruffle of his plumage — only by pronouncing its dingy brown to be rich crimson.1837, The Idler, and breakfast-table companion
    • The foxling made himself thoroughly at home. Seizing on a huge turkey's foot from the Sprite's larder, he dragged it into a dark corner, where he growled over it quite horribly.1904, Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton, New Outlook

Forms of foxling

pluralfoxlings

Origin of foxling

From fox + -ling.

Questions about foxling

What does foxling mean?
Foxling means a little or young fox; kit; a fox whelp.
What part of speech is foxling?
Foxling is a noun.
What is the plural of foxling?
The plural of foxling is foxlings.

Words near foxling in the dictionary

  1. foxless
  2. foxlet
  3. foxlets
  4. Foxley
  5. foxlike
  6. foxling
  7. foxlings
  8. Foxlove
  9. foxly
  10. foxnut
  11. foxnuts

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