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Arctic fox

or arctic fox

noun

  1. a thickly furred, short-eared fox, Alopex lagopus, of the Arctic regions, brownish gray in summer and white in winter.


arctic fox

noun

  1. a fox, Alopex lagopus, of arctic regions, whose fur is dark grey in the summer and white in the winter See also blue fox
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Arctic fox1

First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences

A little later they passed a steel trap, in which a white arctic fox straggled for freedom.

Like a little white arctic fox he was, and like one be began his antics on the shore.

With the exception of the Arctic fox, the higher fauna of these islands were found exclusively among the sea mammals.

Steller and his companions are gone, but the Arctic fox, which played them so many tricks, is still there.

The Labrador red fox is very common in the woods, and the "white," or arctic fox, in the barrens and further south on both coasts.

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