kit fox

kit fox

noun
either of two small gray foxes, Vulpes macrotis and V. velox, found on plains and in open, sandy areas of western North America, commercially valuable for their fur.

Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; probably special use of kit3
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Kit fox is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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kit fox
 
n
another name for swift fox

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