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ARCTIC FOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arctic fox mean? 

ARCTIC FOX (noun)
  The noun ARCTIC FOX has 1 sense:

1. thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winterplay

  Familiarity information: ARCTIC FOX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARCTIC FOX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; white fox

Hypernyms ("Arctic fox" is a kind of...):

fox (alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Arctic fox"):

blue fox (a variety of Arctic fox having a pale grey winter coat)

Holonyms ("Arctic fox" is a member of...):

Alopex; genus Alopex (arctic foxes)


 Context examples 


Research conducted in the Himalayan Mountains identify a recently discovered three to five million-year-old Tibetan fox, Vulpes qiuzhudingi, as the likely ancestor of the living arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus.

("Out of Tibet" hypothesis: Cradle of evolution for cold-adapted mammals is in Tibet, NSF)

In a recent paper Mills asks how evolution has shaped the coat color trait for multiple species around the world, from hares to weasels to arctic fox.

(Twenty-one species adapted to disappear in the snow. Then, the snow disappeared, National Science Foundation)



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