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vul⋅pine
[vuhl-pahyn, -pin] 
paɪn
–adjective
| 1. | of or resembling a fox. |
| 2. | cunning or crafty. |
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| vul·pine (vŭl'pīn') adj.
[Latin vulpīnus, from vulpēs, fox; see w  p-ē- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Vulpine
Vul"pine\ (?; 277), a. [L. vulpinus, from vulpes a fox.] Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful. Vulpine phalangist (Zo["o]l.), an Australian carnivorous marsupial (Phalangista, or Trichosurus, vulpina); -- called also vulpine phalanger, and vulpine opossum.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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