English

Adjective

vulpine ‎(comparative more vulpine, superlative most vulpine)

1. Pertaining to a fox.
   • 1910, Saki, ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia:

     She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.

2. Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.

Translations

Noun

vulpine ‎(plural vulpines)

1. Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf.
   • 1980, Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf, unnumbered page,

     The family Canidae consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.

2. A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.

See also

• canine
• lupine
• Vulpini (tribe within subfamily Caninae)

French

Adjective

vulpine

1. feminine singular of vulpin

Latin

Adjective

vulpīne

1. vocative masculine singular of vulpīnus