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