Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Fox-like; vulpine: applied to a group or series of carnivorous mammals of which the common fox is the type, as distinguished from the thoöid series, which includes the dogs and wolves.
- n. One of the alopecoid or vulpine series of canine quadrupeds: as, “alopecoids, or vulpine forms,”
Wiktionary
- adj. Similar to or resembling a fox.
Examples
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘alopecoid’.
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Animal Descriptors
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