red fox

English

A red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Noun

red fox (plural red foxes)

A common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox.
A flowering plant, Celosia argentea, having brightly coloured flowers of several shades.

Synonyms

(Celosia argentea): plumed cockscomb, wool flower

Hypernyms

(Vulpes vulpes): fox

Translations

Vulpes vulpes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 赤狐 (zh) (chìhú), 火狐 (zh) (huǒhú)
Danish: ræv (da) c
Esperanto: ruĝa vulpo
Estonian: rebane (et), punarebane
Faroese: revur m
Finnish: punakettu (fi), kettu (fi)
French: renard roux (fr) m
German: Rotfuchs m
Japanese: 赤狐 (ja) (アカギツネ, akagitsune)

Mongolian: үнэг (mn) (üneg), улаан үнэг (ulaan üneg)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rødrev m

Nynorsk: raudrev (nn) m
Polish: lis rudy m anim
Portuguese: raposa-vermelha (pt) f
Punjabi: ਲਾਲ ਲੂੰਬੜੀ f (lāl lūmbaṛī)
Russian: ры́жая лиси́ца f (rýžaja lisíca)
Skolt Sami: riˊmjj
Swedish: rödräv (sv) c, räv (sv) c

Celosia argentea

Finnish: kukonharja (fi)

Further reading

Red fox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Vulpes vulpes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Celosia argentea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Vulpes vulpes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Celosia argentea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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