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foxskin

foxskin noun: the pelt of a fox.

Noun

foxskin (plural foxskins)

  1. The pelt of a fox.
    • The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 113

Forms of foxskin

pluralfoxskins

Origin of foxskin

From fox + skin.

Questions about foxskin

What does foxskin mean?
Foxskin means the pelt of a fox.
What part of speech is foxskin?
Foxskin is a noun.
What is the plural of foxskin?
The plural of foxskin is foxskins.

Words near foxskin in the dictionary

  1. Foxs
  2. foxshark
  3. foxsharks
  4. foxship
  5. foxshit
  6. foxskin
  7. foxskins
  8. foxsnake
  9. foxsnakes
  10. foxsona
  11. foxsonas

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