Appendix:Glossary of fox terms

This is a glossary of English Wiktionary entries that relate to foxes.

Names of fox species
In addition to species unanimously considered foxes this list includes canids that are sometimes – or have previously been – called foxes. Species called by multiple vernacular names have their synonyms listed by approximate order of commonness.

True foxes (genus Vulpes)

 * Vulpes bengalensis : Bengal fox
 * synonym: Indian fox


 * Vulpes cana : Blanford's fox
 * synonym: Afghan fox, royal fox, king fox, hoary fox, Baluchistan fox, black fox


 * Vulpes chama : Cape fox
 * synonym: cama fox, silver-backed fox, asse fox, asse


 * Vulpes corsac : corsac fox
 * synonym: steppe fox


 * Vulpes ferrilata : Tibetan fox
 * synonym: Tibetan sand fox, sand fox


 * Vulpes lagopus : arctic fox
 * synonym: polar fox, snow fox, white fox
 * subspecies: blue fox, Pribilof fox
 * former genus: Alopex


 * Vulpes macrotis : kit fox
 * synonym: desert kit fox, kitfox
 * subspecies: curtailed fox


 * Vulpes pallida : pale fox
 * synonym: pallid fox, African sand fox, sand fox


 * Vulpes rueppellii : Rüppell's fox
 * synonym: sand fox, Rüppell's sand fox


 * Vulpes velox : swift fox
 * Vulpes vulpes : red fox, or fox (sense 1)
 * color mutations: bastard fox, brant-fox, cross fox, silver fox (silver vixen), platinum fox, Samson fox, marble fox
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 * V. v. abietorum: British Columbia red fox, fir fox, fir wood fox
 * V. v. aegyptiacus, atlantica, barbara: Nile fox, barbary red fox, North African red fox, Egyptian red fox
 * V. v. alascensis: Alaska red fox
 * V. v. alpherakyi, caucasica, kurdistanica: Caucasian red fox, valley fox, Kurdistan fox, trans-Caucasian mountain fox
 * V. v. anatolica, flavescens: Persian red fox, Anatolian red fox, Kurdistan red fox, trans-Caucasian montane fox, Turkmenistan red fox
 * V. v. arabica: Arabian red fox
 * V. v. beringiana: Anadyr fox, East Russian red fox, Kamchatka red fox, tundra fox, Yakutsk red fox, trans-Baikal red fox
 * V. v. cascadensis: Cascade red fox, Cascade mountains red fox
 * V. v. crucigera: European red fox, crucigera fox, British red fox
 * V. v. fulva: Eastern American red fox, North American red fox
 * V. v. ichnusae: Sardinian red fox
 * V. v. indutus: Cypriot fox, Cyprus red fox
 * V. v. japonica: Japanese red fox
 * V. v. karagan, ochroxanta: Karagan red fox, Fergana fox, Kazahkstan red fox, Tian-shan red fox
 * V. v. hoole, tschiliensis: Chinese red fox, Northern/Southern Chinese fox
 * V. v. macroura: Rocky Mountain red fox, long-tailed red fox, Wasatch mountain fox
 * V. v. montana, griffithii: Tibetan red fox, Kashmir red fox, montane red fox, hill fox
 * V. v. necator: Sierra Nevada red fox, high sierra fox, murdering fox
 * V. v. palaestina: Palestinian red fox, Palestinian fox
 * V. v. patwin: Sacramenta Valley red fox, Central Valley red fox
 * V. v. peculiosa: Korean red fox
 * V. v. pusilla: white-footed fox, Punjab red fox, desert red fox
 * V. v. regalis: royal fox, Northern Plains red fox
 * V. v. schrencki: Ezo red fox, Sakhalin fox, Hokkaido red fox, Schrenck's red fox, Kuril island fox
 * V. v. silacea: Iberian red fox
 * V. v. vulpes: Scandinavian red fox, common red fox
 * V. v. vulpes: Scandinavian red fox, common red fox


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 * Vulpes zerda : fennec
 * synonym: fennec fox, desert fox, zerda

Gray foxes (genus Urocyon)

 * Urocyon cinereoargenteus : gray fox
 * synonym: tree fox, wood fox


 * Urocyon littoralis : island fox
 * synonym: Channel Island fox, island gray fox, California Channel Island fox, insular gray fox, coast fox, short-tailed fox

South American foxes (zorros)

 * Atelocynus microtis : short-eared dog or small-eared dog
 * synonym: short-eared zorro, short-eared fox


 * Cerdocyon thous : crab-eating fox
 * synonym: common zorro, crab-eating zorro


 * Lycalopex culpaeus : culpeo
 * synonym: Andean fox, colpeo zorro, colpeo
 * †domesticated form: Fuegian dog, Yaghan dog


 * Lycalopex fulvipes : Darwin's fox
 * synonym: Darwin's zorro, Chiloe fox


 * Lycalopex griseus : South American gray fox
 * synonym: grey zorro, gray zorro, Patagonian gray fox, Patagonian fox, chilla


 * Lycalopex gymnocercus : pampas fox
 * synonym: Azara's zorro, Azara's fox


 * Lycalopex sechurae : Sechuran fox
 * synonym: Sechuran zorro, Sechura fox, Sechura desert fox, Peruvian desert fox


 * Lycalopex vetulus : hoary fox
 * synonym: hoary zorro

Other species

 * Otocyon megalotis : bat-eared fox
 * synonym: long-eared fox, Delalande's fox


 * Chrysocyon brachyurus : maned wolf
 * synonym: maned fox, fox wolf


 * Canis simensis : Ethiopian wolf
 * synonym: Abyssinian wolf, Simien jackal, red jackal, Abyssinian fox, Simien fox, cuberow


 * †Dusicyon australis : Falkland Islands wolf
 * synonym: Falkland fox, Antarctic wolf, warrah

Taxonomy

 * Lycalopex : genus of South American foxes
 * Urocyon : genus of gray foxes
 * Vulpes : genus of true foxes
 * Vulpini : taxonomic tribe containing foxes and raccoon dogs
 * vulpid : any member of genus Vulpes
 * zorro : species of genus Lycalopex, Atelocynus, Cerdocyon. Synonymous with South American fox. Favored by some who reserve fox for vulpids.

Sex, plural, etc.

 * dog-fox, dogfox, tod (esp. Scotland), todd : male fox
 * vixen, she-fox, foxess : female fox
 * kit, fox cub, foxlet, foxling, fox-whelp : fox young
 * foxie : diminutive
 * foxes : plural
 * foxen : plural (nonstandard, dialectical)
 * foxxo, fops, fopsy : endearing internet slang terms
 * redcoat : slang term
 * reynard : slang term
 * skulk : group of foxes
 * leash : group of three foxes

Zoology

 * antifox : antibody reacting with the immunoglobins found in foxes; counter-fox adjective
 * brush, foxtail : fox's tail
 * clicket, clicketting : (of a fox) to be in oestrus, to copulate
 * earth, kennel : interior den of a fox
 * billiting, fiants, foxshit, fuants, scumber, waggying : excrement of a fox
 * foxhole, fox hole : entrance to a fox's den
 * foxtail : tail of a fox, or something resembling it (esp. plants)
 * gekkering, geckering, gekker : vocalizations of a fox
 * main earth : primary den of a fox
 * vulpiculture : the raising of foxes

Culture

 * enfield : heraldic beast with the head of a fox, and body of an eagle and wolf
 * Firefox (Firefoxer) : internet browser with a fox logo/mascot
 * fox and geese, tod and lambs : childrens game
 * gumiho : Korean mythological fox spirit
 * hulijing: Chinese mythological fox spirit
 * Inari : Japanese kami of foxes; Japanese female given name
 * kitsune : Japanese mythological fox spirit
 * kyūbi no kitsune : Japanese mythological nine-tailed fox
 * mask : fox head in heraldry
 * Reynard : antihero fox character in European folklore
 * skuggabaldur : Icelandic mythological part fox creature
 * Teumessian fox : Greek mythological giant fox
 * Vulpecula (Vulpeculae) : fox constellation
 * werefox : (mythology) a person that can transform into a fox
 * yiff : (onomatopoeic) the bark of a fox

Words meaning "like a fox"
Such words come from three etymological sources: Ancient Greek alopex, Latin vulpes, and Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz and *fuhsinī.
 * alopecoid
 * brushy - like a fox's tail
 * foxen
 * foxhood, vixenhood
 * foxily
 * foxiness
 * foxing, foxed
 * foxish, foxishly
 * foxlike
 * foxly
 * foxship
 * foxy, foxier, foxiest
 * Reynardian
 * unfoxy, unfoxlike
 * vixenish, vixenishness, vixenishly
 * vixenlike
 * vixenly
 * vixeny
 * vulpecular
 * vulpiform - shaped like a fox
 * vulpinary
 * vulpine
 * vulpinism, vulpinist
 * vulpinous

Obsolete spellings

 * foxhol : foxhole (Old English)
 * fyxe : vixen
 * fyxen : of or relating to foxes; made of fox pelt (Old English)
 * fixene, fixen, ffixen, vixon : vixen (Middle English)
 * foxe : fox (Middle English)
 * foxerie : foxery
 * foxes glofa : foxglove (Old English)
 * russel : a (red) fox (Middle English)
 * sculke : skulk
 * vox, wox : fox (1500s)
 * vixinge, vixin, vixon : vixen (1500s–1700s)

Regional terms

 * lowrie, lawrie, laurence : fox (Scotland)
 * rinkin : fox (Suffolk)
 * rive : smell of a fox (Scotland)
 * roplaw : young fox (southern Scotland)

Pertaining to slyness



 * as crazy as a fox, crazy as a fox, crazy like a fox : a sane person who feigns insanity as deception
 * dumb like a fox : an intelligent person who feigns unintelligence as deception
 * fox-drunk : one who becomes crafty when drunk
 * fox in the box : (soccer) player skilled inside the penalty area
 * fox in the henhouse, fox guarding the henhouse : an untrustworthy person placed in a position of trust
 * fox sleep, fox's sleep : to feign sleep
 * foxery : trickery
 * sly as a fox, sly fox : reminiscent of the sly fox archetype in Aesop's fables
 * the fox may grow grey but never good : ones nature cannot be changed
 * to outfox : to outsmart
 * play the fox, play the vixen : to act slyly
 * polly-fox : to move silently
 * smell a fox : to be suspicious (of deception)

Pertaining to sexiness

 * foxcore : music by female-fronted bands of the 1990s
 * foxy boxing : sport in which female boxers fight in skimpy outfits
 * fresh fucked fox in a forest fire : something which is extremely hot, in any sense
 * silver fox, silver-foxy : attractive older man
 * silver vixen : attractive older woman
 * stone-cold fox : very sexually attractive person
 * video vixen : female model who appears scantily clad as eye candy in music videos
 * vixenry, vixenhood, supervixen : state of being a vixen (salacious woman)

Other

 * fox message : pangramic test message
 * fox's paw : humorous corruption of faux pas
 * fox's socks : the best
 * sour grapes : from The Fox and the Grapes fable
 * the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog : well-known pangram
 * to catch a fox, to hunt the fox, foxed: to get drunk

Animals named after foxes

 * alopekis - Greek dog breed
 * Alopochen (Alopochen aegyptiaca) - fox goose
 * firefox - red panda
 * flying fox, fox-bat - fruit bat
 * fox maggot
 * fox moth
 * fox snake, foxsnake - snakes of genus Pantherophis
 * fox sparrow
 * fox squirrel
 * foxface - type of rabbitfish
 * foxfish - several fish
 * Missouri Fox Trotter, foxtrotter - horse
 * raccoon fox - ringtail
 * sea fox, fox shark, Alopias, Alopiidae (alopiid)
 * Volpino, Volpino Italiano - Italian dog breed

Plants named after foxes

 * Alopecurus - foxtail genus
 * Bovista - from Old High German meaning "vixen's fart"
 * foxbane - wolfsbane
 * foxberry
 * foxchop - fig marigold
 * fox geranium - herb Robert
 * fox grape
 * fox sedge
 * fox's foot
 * foxglove, fox-glove, fox docken, foxfinger, foxterleaves (Scotland)
 * foxnut - water lily seed
 * fox plum
 * fox poison - spurge-laurel
 * fox rose - Scotch rose
 * foxtail
 * foxtail barley
 * foxtail clubmoss, foxfeet, tod's tails (Scotland)
 * foxtail lily
 * foxtail millet
 * foxtail pine
 * foxwood - decayed or yellowed wood
 * smell fox - flowering plant
 * soft fox sedge
 * wild foxtail millet

Other things named after foxes

 * alopecia, fox evil : hair loss, named after appearance of foxes with mange
 * alopekis : historical hat
 * Desert Fox : Wehrmacht field marshal
 * Foxbat : aircraft
 * fox bolt, fox key, fox lathe, fox wedge, foxtail wedge : woodworking terms
 * fox eye : narrow, upturned eyes; eye makeup style
 * foxed, foxing, heel fox, slipper-foxed : shoemaking jargon
 * foxing, fox mark : brownish stain
 * foxaline : faux fox fur
 * foxfire, fox fire, fox-fire : fungal bioluminescence
 * foxtail saw : saw
 * foxtrot, fox-trot : ballroom dance
 * inari : sushi dish named after fox kami Inari
 * kitsune udon : Japanese noodle dish
 * Vixen : Santa's fourth reindeer
 * vulpinic acid, vulpic acid : yellowish acid

Venery

 * anjing fox terrier, foxhound, fox dog, fox terrier, smooth fox terrier, wire fox terrier : hunting dog breeds
 * bagfox, bag-fox : fox released from a bag for chasing
 * earth dog : breed for catching foxes
 * earth-stopping : act of blocking a fox's burrow
 * fox caller, fox whistle : whistle mimicking the sound of a distressed rabbit
 * foxhunt, foxhunter, fox hunting : animal hunt; radiosport
 * foxless : without foxes
 * foxproof : resistant to foxes, e.g. fence
 * foxskin : pelt
 * fox tossing : bloodsport
 * Todhunter : surname
 * uncape : to remove a fox from its den
 * vulpicide, vulpicidism : fox poison
 * yoicks : foxhunters' call: possible antecedent of yikes

English

 * Colfax
 * Foskett, Foscott, Foscote, Foxcote or Foxcott - Old English
 * Fox, Foxe, Foxx, Foxy
 * Foxall - Old English
 * Foxcroft
 * Foxell, Foxwell
 * Foxheart
 * Foxhoven - Americanization of Fuchshofen
 * Foxley
 * Foxlove
 * Foxman - Jewish-American variant of Fox
 * Foxwell - variant of fox hill
 * Foxworth, Foxworthy
 * Shinnick
 * Stelfox
 * Tinney
 * Todd

Germanic

 * de Vos, Devos
 * Foss, Fosse
 * Fuchs
 * Fuchshofen
 * Lischka, Liska, Liszka
 * Reinard
 * Rotfuchs
 * Vos, Voss
 * Vulpius

Romance

 * Renard
 * Zorro
 * Raposo, Rapozo
 * Volpe, Volpi, Vulpe
 * Vulpenius - Ancient Roman

Slavic

 * Lisak
 * Lisitsa
 * Lisitsyn
 * Lisin
 * Lisica
 * Liška
 * Lis

Hebrew
From Appendix:Biblical names
 * Salim - foxes
 * Shaalabbim - son of a fox
 * Shaalbonite - fox's building
 * Shual - fox (see שועל)

Other

 * Alopaeus - Greek
 * Guptill - Scottish
 * Kearney - Irish, sometimes Anglicized as Fox
 * Kettu, Kettula, Kettunen - Finnish
 * Lapsa, Lape - Baltic
 * Rebane - Estonian
 * Róka - Hungarian
 * Tilki - Turkish
 * Inali, Inoli, Enoli, Enola - in Cherokee

Places

 * - Thracian city
 * Fox Island
 * Fox Harbour
 * Fox Street
 * Foxcote
 * Foxfield
 * Foxford
 * Foxhall
 * Foxley
 * Foxton
 * Foxtrap
 * Voskuil - Dutch