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vulpinous en · ADJ

Etymology

From vulpine + -ous, borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) of a reddish colour, rufous
   • […]the bristles of the head, thorax and scutellum verging toward vulpinous[…] 1909, Transactions Of The American Entomological Society Of Landan Vol 35, page 340:
2. (not-comparable) foxlike in nature or appearance
   • Alongside, there was an odd-looking hat stand; it didn’t have any hats hanging on it, in fact, it had two masks, how odd she thought, the one looked Vulpinous, the other was distinctly birdlike. 2017 October 27, Kevin Sweeney, “Chapter 5”, in The Martian Fairytales:
   • We're vulpinous vultures 2009, “Chin Chin & Muck Muck”, in What Will We Be, performed by Devendra Banhart: