Lupin vs Vulpine - What's the difference?
lupin | vulpine |
Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
A (w), a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually ) which is commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although it is toxic if prepared improperly.
Pertaining to a fox.
* 1910 , (Saki), ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia :
Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.
Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf .
* 1980 , Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf ,
A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.
As nouns the difference between lupin and vulpine
is that lupin is any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae while vulpine is any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf.As an adjective vulpine is
pertaining to a fox.lupin
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(wikipedia lupin) (Lupinus)Alternative forms
* lupine (US) * lupiniNoun
(en noun)vulpine
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.
Noun
(en noun)unnumbered page,
- The family Canidae consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.