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1. small grey fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox

2. small grey fox of the plains of western North America

1.

a. : a small fox (Vulpes velox) of the plains of western No. America

b. : a related species (V. macrotis) of the southwestern United States

2. : the fur or pelt of the kit fox

either of two small gray foxes, Vulpes macrotis and V. velox, found on plains and in open, sandy areas of western North America, commercially valuable for their fur.

[1795-1805, Amer.; prob. special use of KIT³]

kit fox,

1. a small, gray or buff-yellow fox of the plains of western North America; desert fox.

2. its fur.

╂[< kit³ + fox]

n. a small nocturnal fox with a yellowish-gray back and large, close-set ears, found in the deserts and plains of the southwestern U.S. ● Vulpes macrotis, family Canidae