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vulpines

vulpines is the plural of vulpine.

Meaning of vulpine

Noun

vulpine (plural vulpines)

  1. Any of certain canids called foxes (including true foxes, arctic foxes and grey foxes), distinguished from canines, which are regarded as similar to dogs and wolves.
    • The family Canidae^([sic]) consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.1980, Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf, page 127
  2. A person considered cunning.

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Questions about vulpines

What is vulpines the plural of?
Vulpines is the plural of vulpine.

Words near vulpines in the dictionary

  1. vulpids
  2. vulpiform
  3. vulpinary
  4. vulpine
  5. vulpinely
  6. vulpines
  7. vulpinic acid
  8. vulpinism
  9. vulpinist
  10. vulpinite
  11. vulpinous

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