Library / English Dictionary

VULPES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Foxes

Synonyms:

genus Vulpes; Vulpes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Vulpes" is a member of...):

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

Credits