zorron.
/ˈθɒrəʊ//ˈzɒrəʊ/ The South American fox-wolf.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > other types
red wolf1823
hill-fox1838
kuri1838
zorro1838
Falkland Island wolf1857
bush dog1883
guara1884
1838 W. P. Hunter tr. F. de Azara Nat. Hist. Quadrupeds of Paraguay I. 290 As to habits they vary considerably in my zorros.
Derivatives
zoˈrrino n. [diminutive] a kind of skunk (cf. zoril n.), or its fur.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mephitis (skunk)
polecat1605
skunk1634
huffer1729
skunk weasel1771
mouffette1774
stinking polecat1791
mephitic weasel1827
essence-peddler1838
zorrino1885
skunklet1888
wood-pussy1899
1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 353/1 The zorro or Canis Azaræ (a kind of fox), the zorrino or Mephitis patagonica (a kind of skunk), and the tuco-tuco or Ctenomys magellanicus.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 17 June 7/1 Furs in great variety (chinchilla, vicuna, guanaco, zorrino, lynx, leopard, alpaca, &c.).
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