Word.ws English Dictionary

long-eared fox

long-eared fox noun: synonym of bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis).

Noun

long-eared fox (plural long-eared foxes)

  1. Synonym of bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)
    • With these is placed a specimen of the Long-eared Fox of South Africa (Otocyon megalotis), remarkable for its very numerous teeth and its sharp-pointed and long ears ; special interest is attached to it, as it has been considered to represent the original type of canine animal, whence all the wild...1892, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914, Guide to the galleries of mammalia (mammalian, osteological, cetacean) in...
    • Among the foxes and jackals the puppies of the long eared fox are quite the most delightful. Their teeth are exceedingly sharp and, when feeding them, should be carefully avoided.1921 February 26, Country Life 1921-02-26: Vol 49 Iss 1260
    Synonyms:
    bat-eared fox

Synonyms of long-eared fox

Forms of long-eared fox

plurallong-eared foxes

Questions about long-eared fox

What does long-eared fox mean?
Long-eared fox means synonym of bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis).
What part of speech is long-eared fox?
Long-eared fox is a noun.
What is the plural of long-eared fox?
The plural of long-eared fox is long-eared foxes.

Words near long-eared fox in the dictionary

  1. long-drawn
  2. long-drawn-out
  3. long-eared
  4. long-eared bat
  5. long-eared bats
  6. long-eared fox
  7. long-eared foxes
  8. long-eared guinea pig
  9. long-eared guinea pigs
  10. long-eared jerboa
  11. long-eared jerboas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: long-eared fox (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “long-eared fox.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/long-eared_fox. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.