单词 | prairie fox |
释义 | > as lemmasprairie fox prairie fox n. either of two small foxes found on the prairies, the kit fox, Vulpes macrotis, and the swift fox, V. velox. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes velox kit-fox1806 kit1812 prairie fox1839 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. I. xvii. 206 [In statistical table of furs] Prairie fox..5,000. 1876 J. Burroughs Winter Sunshine iv. 108 The prairie fox, the cross fox, and the black or silver-gray fox, seem only varieties of the red fox. 1972 Great Bend Tribune (Kansas) 26 Nov. 3/1 The [hunting] season is closed year 'around on swift, or prairie fox, otter and black-footed ferret. < as lemmas |
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