Samson fox

noun

A red fox mutation that lacks guard hairs, thus having a wooly appearance.

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Meanings

nounSamson fox (plural Samson foxes)

plural Samson foxes

  1. A red fox mutation that lacks guard hairs, thus having a wooly appearance.

    Captive foxes have been selectively bred for other colours, but wild foxes usually appear in only two other variations: a Samson fox is a genetic mutation with no guard hairs, only soft, tightly curled underfur

    1997, Nature of foxes : hunters of the shadows, page 29

Origin

A reference to the Biblical story of Samson and the foxes in Judges 15:4–5 – the short curly fur's appearance being reminiscent of singed fur.

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