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GENUS VULPES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Vulpes mean? 

GENUS VULPES (noun)
  The noun GENUS VULPES has 1 sense:

1. foxesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS VULPES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS VULPES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Foxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Vulpes; Vulpes

Hypernyms ("genus Vulpes" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Vulpes"):

red fox; Vulpes vulpes (the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species)

red fox; Vulpes fulva (New World fox; often considered the same species as the Old World fox)

kit fox; prairie fox; Vulpes velox (small grey fox of the plains of western North America)

kit fox; Vulpes macrotis (small grey fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox)

Holonyms ("genus Vulpes" is a member of...):

Canidae; family Canidae (dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes)


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