vulpine

3 definitions found

vulpine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vulpine \Vul"pine\ (?; 277), a. [L. vulpinus, from vulpes a
     fox.]
     Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy;
     cunning; crafty; artful.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Vulpine phalangist (Zool.), an Australian carnivorous
        marsupial (Phalangista vulpina syn. Trichosurus  vulpina
        ); -- called also vulpine phalanger, and
        vulpine opossum.
        [1913 Webster]

vulpine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vulpine
      adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning"
             [syn: vulpine, vulpecular]

vulpine - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "vulpine":
     Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, astute, cagey,
     canine, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep,
     deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, doggy, feline, foxlike, foxy,
     guileful, ingenious, insidious, inventive, knowing, lupine, pawky,
     politic, ready, resourceful, scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty,
     shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical,
     stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, trickish,
     tricksy, tricky, wary, wily, wolfish