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fox
1. s. (Vulpes vulpes) Zorro.
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fox
1. s. A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
2. s. Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the
3. s. The fur of a fox.
4. s. A fox terrier.
5. s. The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, , so called from its yellow color.
6. s. A cunning person.
7. s. (slang) A physically attractive man or woman.
8. s. (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
9. s. (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
10. s. (cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.
11. s. (obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
12. v. To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
13. v. To confuse or baffle (someone).
This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
14. v. (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
15. v. (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
The pages of the book show distinct foxing.
16. v. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
17. v. (intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
18. v. To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
19. v. To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
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zorro
1. n-m. fox (carnivore)
(synonyms, zorra)
2. n-m. (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatán) opossum
(synonyms, zarigüeya, tlacuache, q2=Mexico)
3. n-m. skunk (attn, where is this used?)
(synonyms, zorrillo)
4. n-m. (by extension, figuratively) fox (sly or cunning person)
5. n-m. (Argentina) jack (device used to raise and temporarily support a heavy object)
6. n-m. (by extension, figuratively) beacon
7. adj. clever, crafty, sly

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A fox smells its own stink first.      El primero que lo huele es el que se ha tirado el pedo. The ears of a rabbit are longer than those of a fox.      Las orejas de un conejo son más largas que las de un zorro. There is no such thing as a naïve fox, nor a man without faults.      No hay tal cosa como un zorro ingenuo, ni un hombre sin defectos.

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