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单词 cape fox
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Cape fox
Cape fox n. any of several mammals of the dog family ( Canidae) native to southern Africa; (in later use) spec. a small fox, Vulpes chama, having a silvery-grey coat with pale tawny underparts and a bushy tail with a black tip (also called silver fox).
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1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. II. 78 The Hottentots universally wore a bag just before the parts of shame, which was made of the grey part of the back of the Cape fox [Sw. af Capska Räven], and was fastened round the body with a thong.
1853 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 55 208 The Jackal, or Cape Fox (Canis mesomelas), affords good coursing in open country, and English foxhounds have been trained to scent and follow him.
2012 Mail & Guardian (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 31 May The traps were often responsible for the deaths of non-target animals such as Cape foxes and leopards.
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