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vulpine

[vuhl-pahyn, -pin] Origin

vul·pine

[vuhl-pahyn, -pin]
adjective
1.
of or resembling a fox.
2.
cunning or crafty.

Origin:
1620–30; < Latin vulpīnus, equivalent to vulp(ēs) fox + -īnus -ine1
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vulpine (ˈvʌlpaɪn)
 
adj
1.  Also: vulpecular of, relating to, or resembling a fox
2.  possessing the characteristics often attributed to foxes; crafty, clever, etc
 
[C17: from Latin vulpīnus foxlike, from vulpēs a fox]

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vulpine
"pertaining to a fox, fox-like," 1628, from L. vulpinus "of or pertaining to a fox," from vulpes, earlier volpes (gen. vulpis, volpis) "fox," of unknown origin.
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