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blue fox

–noun
1. a bluish-gray winter color phase of the Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus.
2. the Arctic fox in summer pelage.
3. the blue fur of this animal.
4. any white fox fur dyed blue.

Origin:
1860–65
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blue fox  
n.  
  1. An arctic fox whose fur is bluish gray during a color phase typically occurring in the summer or extending throughout the year.

  2. The fur of such a fox.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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