vulpine

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Either way, the concept is best encapsulated by Jack Donaghy, the vulpine executive portrayed by Alec Baldwin in the presumably now problematic sitcom “30 Rock.”

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Bovine is to cow as vulpine is to which animal?

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2023

‘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

Rosenberg’s vulpine versatility produces quick changes of tone.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 27, 2018

There was something vulpine about the way the woman sat in her comer by the courtyard, something reptilian about her eyes.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin