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1. weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers

2. New World fox; often considered the same species as the Old World fox

3. the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species

: a fox with bright orange red to dusky reddish brown fur that is usually considered to constitute a single circumpolar species (Vulpes vulpes) with several subspecies and that exhibits a marked tendency to deviation from the typical coloring — see black fox, cross fox, silver fox

a fox, Vulpes vulpes, usually having orangish-red to reddish-brown fur. See illus. under fox.

[1630-40, Amer.]

red fox noun

A common fox, native to Europe, parts of Asia, N Africa and N America, having a reddish-brown coat and white underparts

Main Entry: ↑red

red fox,

1. the common reddish fox of North America.

2. any one of various reddish foxes of Europe, Africa, and Asia.

3. reddish fur of a fox.

n. a common fox with a reddish coat, native to both Eurasia and North America and living from the Arctic tundra to the southern temperate regions. ● Vulpes vulpes, family Canidae