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red fox

red fox noun: a common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox.

red fox: a common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa;...
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Noun

red fox (countable and uncountable, plural red foxes)

  1. (countable) A common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox.
    Synonyms:
    common fox
  2. (capitalized, uncountable, usually) Certain varieties of species of the plant genus Celosia, such as of Celosia argentea.
    • The other All-America winners were the Peter Pan Orange zinnia, Red Fox celosia, Magic Charms dianthus, and Diablo cosmos1975, “Britannica Book of the Year”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated, page 321
    • Celosia Red Fox won for its breeder—T. Sakata, C>P>O> Box 11, Yokohama, Japan—a Bronze Medal1971, Pennsylvania Flower Growers, Bulletin, numbers 236-268
    Synonyms:
    plumed cockscomb, wool flower

red fox meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

red fox in Tamil

செந்தரி

red fox in Punjabi

Vulpes vulpes
ਲਾਲ ਲੂੰਬੜੀ lāl lūmbṛī
More languagesFewer languages
Kashmiri
پۄژھٕ لوو pọċhụ lōv

Examples of red fox in a sentence

  • Popular varieties include: Jewel Box', Lilliput, Empress, Gladiator, Red Fox, and Crusader1978, Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes and Gardens Editors, editor, Better Homes and Gardens Container Plants You Can Grow, page 37:
  • Both are tender annuals […] For intermediate height and stems long enough to cut for flower arrangements, grow 'Red Fox', 19 inches high1983, Derek Fell, Annuals: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy, page 77:

Synonyms of red fox

  • common fox
  • plumed cockscomb
  • wool flower

Forms of red fox

pluralred foxes

Questions about red fox

What does red fox mean?
Red fox means a common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox.
What is red fox in Tamil?
Red fox in Tamil is செந்தரி. See Red fox meaning in Tamil.
How do you use red fox in a sentence?
Popular varieties include: Jewel Box', Lilliput, Empress, Gladiator, Red Fox, and Crusader
What part of speech is red fox?
Red fox is a noun.
What is the plural of red fox?
The plural of red fox is red foxes.

Words near red fox in the dictionary

  1. red flying squid
  2. red force
  3. red forces
  4. red forest
  5. red forests
  6. red fox
  7. red foxes
  8. red fuming nitric acid
  9. red garra
  10. red geese
  11. Red Gelao

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red fox (page history and authors); red 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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