Fox vs Raccoon - What's the difference?
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A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes ), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
*15th century ,
*:The fox went out on a chase one night, / he prayed to the Moon to give him light, / for he had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o. / He had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o.
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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
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 ).
The fur of a fox.
A fox terrier.
The , so called from its yellow color.
A cunning person.
(lb) A physically attractive man or woman.
*1993 , (Laura Antoniou), (w) , p.90:
*:And Jerry was cute, you know, I liked him, but Frank was a total fox . And he was rougher than Jerry, you know, not so cultured.
*2012 , Adele Parks, Still Thinking of You
*:It wasn't just that Jayne was a fox – although, fuck, was she ever a fox. That arse, those tits, those lips. They could have a really good time together.
(lb) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
(lb) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
(lb) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
*:Thou diest on point of fox .
To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
To confuse or baffle (someone).
To act slyly or craftily.
To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
* (Samuel Pepys)
To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
A nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor .
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 64:
* 2010 , Charlie Brooker, "Screen Burn", The Guardian , 3 Apr 2010:
Any mammal of the genus Procyon .
Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
As nouns the difference between fox and raccoon
is that fox is a red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail while raccoon is a nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor.As a verb fox
is to trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.As a proper noun Fox
is {{surname|from=Middle English}} derived from the name of the animal.fox
English
(wikipedia fox)Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (a mammal related to dogs and wolves) tod * (attractive man or woman) see alsoHyponyms
* vixen (feminine form )Hypernyms
* canidDerived terms
* crazy like a fox * fox grape * Fox Islands * Fox River * fox snake * fox sparrow * fox squirrel * fox terrier * fox trot * foxaline * foxery * foxfire * fox-fire * fox-fur * fox-furred * foxglove * foxhole * fox-hole * foxhound * fox-hunt * foxish * foxless * fox-like * foxling * foxly * fox-mark * foxship * foxtail * foxtailed * foxter * foxtrot/fox-trot * foxy * firefox * kit fox * red fox * silver fox * sly as a foxSee also
* * Reynard * kitsuneReferences
*Verb
(es)- This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
- The pages of the book show distinct foxing .
- I drank so much wine that I was almost foxed .
Derived terms
* outfoxraccoon
English
(wikipedia raccoon)Alternative forms
* racoon * rarowcun * r'coon (colloquial contraction)Noun
(en noun)- Before a fire upon a seat like a bedsted, he sat covered with a great robe, made of Rarowcun skinnes, and all the tayles hanging by.
- Thus we're presented witha man who has the head of his penis bitten off by a raccoon , then bleeds to death in a forest.