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black fox en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Synonym of silver fox, especially in reference to foxskin.
   • This is particularly true of the black fox industry. The fur-value of a high-grade prime black fox skin ranges from about $500 to about $2,500 1914, Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Fisheries, Game and Fur-bearing Animals; Jones, John Walter, 1878-, Fur-farming in Canada, Ottawa: Mortimer, →LCCN:
   • Prince Edward Island is the world's headquarters of “Silver Fox” ranching. It was here that the problems of domesticating and breeding the black fox were solved , and the development has attracted world-wide attention. 2008, Kirsch, Sharon, 1960-, What species of creatures : animal relations from the New World, Vancouver: New Star Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:
2. (rare) Synonym of Blanford's fox

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Synonyms

silver fox · Blanford's fox