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nounfoxess (plural foxesses)
plural foxesses
- rareA female fox.
Well, you know what goes with the fox–the foxess, or the foxina.
1903, James Lane Allen, The Mettle of the Pasture, page 781 more example
The fox said he must stay with his foxess, who was in a delicate way, and one of the little ones had been out too late at a hen-roost, and had caught a very bad cold.
1866, The Land We Love, page 195Synonyms: vixen
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nounA female fox.
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