different between jackals vs fox

English

Noun

jackals

1. plural of jackal

Verb

jackals

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackal

English

Etymology

From Middle English fox, from Old English fox (“fox”), from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *pú?sos (“the tailed one”), possibly from *pu?- (“tail”).

Cognate with Scots fox (“fox”), West Frisian foks (“fox”), Fering-Öömrang North Frisian foos and Sölring and Heligoland fos, Dutch vos (“fox”), Low German vos (“fox”), German Fuchs (“fox”), Icelandic fóa (“fox”), Tocharian B päk? (“tail, chowrie”), Russian ??? (pux, “down, fluff”), Sanskrit ????? (púccha) (whence Torwali ???? (p?š, “fox”), Hindi ???? (p?ñch, “tail”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f?ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

fox (plural foxes or (nonstandard, dialectal) foxen)

1. A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
   • 15^th century, The Fox, verse 1:

     The fox went out on a chase one night, / he prayed to the Moon to give him light, / for he had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o. / He had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o.
2. Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
3. The fur of a fox.
4. A fox terrier.
5. The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
6. A cunning person.
7. (slang, figuratively) A physically attractive man or woman.
   • 1993, Laura Antoniou, The Marketplace, p.90:

     And Jerry was cute, you know, I liked him, but Frank was a total fox. And he was rougher than Jerry, you know, not so cultured.
8. (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
9. (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
10. A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
    • 2006, H. Ward Silver, The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual

      Locating a hidden transmitter (the fox) has been a popular ham activity for many years.

11. (cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.
12. (obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

Synonyms

• (a mammal related to dogs and wolves): tod
• (attractive man or woman): see also Thesaurus:beautiful woman

Hypernyms

• canid

Hyponyms

• vixen (feminine form)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Cheyenne: vóhkéso
• ? Japanese: ????? (fokkusu)
• ? Maori: p?kiha

Translations

See also

• (canids) canid; coyote, dog, fox, jackal, wolf ^{(Category: en:Canids)}
• Reynard
• kitsune
• cub

References

• Fox in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.

Verb

fox (third-person singular simple present foxes, present participle foxing, simple past and past participle foxed)

1. (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
2. (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).

   This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.

3. (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
4. (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)

   The pages of the book show distinct foxing.

5. (transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
6. (intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
7. (transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

   • I drank […] so much wine that I was almost foxed.

8. (transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Derived terms

• outfox

Translations

Anagrams

• Oxf.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vox, wox

Etymology

From Old English fox, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

fox (plural foxes or fox)

1. A fox or its fur.
2. A lier or schemer.

Descendants

• English: fox
• Scots: fox
• Yola: vox

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz. Cognate with Old Frisian *foks, Old Saxon fohs, Old Dutch fus, Old High German fuhs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foks/

Noun

fox m

1. fox

Declension

Derived terms

• foxhol

Descendants

• Middle English: fox, vox, wox
  • English: fox
  • Scots: fox
  • Yola: vox

Old French

Alternative forms

• fols, fous

Adjective

fox

1. nominative and oblique masculine singular of fol

Romanian

Etymology

From French fox.

Noun

fox m (plural foc?i)

1. fox terrier

Declension