vulpine

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Bovine is to cow as vulpine is to which animal?

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2023

Sharon Moores of Woodbridge shared a photo of some different vulpine behavior.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022

‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ George Clooney is at his vulpine best as the voice of the titular woodland critter in Wes Anderson’s stop-motion-animated 2009 charmer based on the Roald Dahl children’s novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2021

In the second story, Chick asks why Fox doesn’t follow a typical vulpine diet and chicksplains to him what proper foxes eat.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2018

His speech was slow and mellow, measured and unexcited, his gestures were wide, and new teeth gave him a vulpine smile out of all proportion to his emotion.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck