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vulpine

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vul⋅pine

  [vuhl-pahyn, -pin]
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–adjective
1. of or resembling a fox.
2. cunning or crafty.
Origin:
1620–30; < L vulpīnus, equiv. to vulp(ēs) fox + -īnus -ine 1
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vul·pine   (vŭl'pīn')   
adj.  

  1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of a fox.

  2. Cunning; clever.


[Latin vulpīnus, from vulpēs, fox; see wp-ē- in Indo-European roots.]
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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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