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Lupin vs Vulpine - What's the difference?

lupin | vulpine |

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

English

(wikipedia lupin) (Lupinus)

Alternative forms

* lupine (US) * lupini

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • vulpine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a fox.
  • * 1910 , (Saki), ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia :
  • 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.
  • Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 , 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.
  • A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.
  • See also

    * canine * lupine * Vulpini (tribe within subfamily Caninae) ----