Meanings
plural Chiloe foxes
- Synonym of Darwin's fox.
According to this view animals on separate islands ought to become different if kept long enough apart with slightly differing circumstances. Now [e.g.,] Galapagos Tortoises, Mocking birds, Falkland Fox, Chiloe fox, English and Irish Hare.
1837, Charles Darwin, Transmutation of Species: Notebook BSynonyms: Darwin's fox
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Darwin's fox.
Origin
After Chiloé, the Chilean island to which the foxes are endemic. The name used by Charles Darwin.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Chiloe fox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chiloe%20fox
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