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vulpine

[vuhl-pahyn, -pin] / ˈvʌl paɪn, -pɪn /


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And now, for the first time, a specimen has been successfully GPS-collared and released back into the region — marking a major victory for conservation efforts to protect the elusive vulpine.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Bovine is to cow as vulpine is to which animal?

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2023

A slim, pale, vulpine man in his mid-thirties, with well-tended light-brown hair and a goatee, came onstage, dressed in a trim black suit and a black shirt.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 30, 2019

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




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