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cross fox
noun
- a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is reddish brown with a dark stripe down the back and another over the shoulders.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cross fox1
First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences
Seeing a remarkably fine skin of a large Cross Fox which I wished to buy, it was handed over to me.
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He had for days set his trap for a beautiful cross-fox that he had once or twice seen.
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The “cross fox” is supposed by the Indians and some naturalists to be only a variety of the last.
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The cross fox, too, which Andy had killed and left in the trap, must be secured.
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I bought from him the skin of a Cross Fox for three dollars.
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