foxess en · NOUN
Etymology
From fox + -ess, since 1866.
Meanings
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(rare) A female fox.
Well, you know what goes with the fox–the foxess, or the foxina.
1903, James Lane Allen, The Mettle of the Pasture, page 78:The fox said he must stay with his foxess, who was in a delicate way, and one of the little ones had been out too late at a hen-roost, and had caught a very bad cold.
1866, The Land We Love, page 195:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foxesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |