gray fox

English

A gray fox.

Alternative forms

• grey fox (UK and Commonwealth)

Pronunciation

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Noun

gray fox (plural gray foxes)

1. Urocyon cinereoargenteus, a carnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, ranging throughout most of the southern half of North America.

   Synonyms: tree fox, wood fox

Derived terms

• island gray fox
• insular gray fox

Translations

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

• Cahuilla: qawisish
• Dutch: grijze vos (nl)
• Finnish: harmaakettu
• French: renard gris (fr)
• German: Graufuchs
• Isthmus Zapotec: mistuꞌ guiꞌxhiꞌ
• Japanese: 灰色狐 (ja) (haiiro gitsune)
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: ñukuii
• Portuguese: raposa-cinzenta f
• Russian: се́рая лиси́ца f (séraja lisíca)
• San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: coxróntá
• Spanish: zorra gris f, zorro gris m
• Totontepec Mixe: vaax
• Tübatulabal: ʔiklo·bal