a small fox, Vulpes velox, of the plains of W North America
Also called: kit fox
kit fox in American English
noun
either of two small gray foxes, Vulpes macrotis and V. velox, found on plains and in open, sandy areas of western North America, commercially valuable for their fur
Word origin
[1795–1805, Amer.; prob. special use of kit3]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baseball, mannerism, oxidize, sensitivity, steeplechase
Examples of 'kit fox' in a sentence
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In recent decades, attempts have been made to model the environmental variables influencing kit fox distribution.
Steven J Dempsey, Eric M Gese, Bryan M Kluever, Robert C Lonsinger, Lisette P Waits 2015, 'Evaluation of Scat Deposition Transects versus Radio Telemetry for Developing a SpeciesDistribution Model for a Rare Desert Carnivore, the Kit Fox.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4605691?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All surveys were conducted on 15 5-km transects during the 3 biological seasons of the kit fox.
Steven J. Dempsey, Eric M. Gese, Bryan M. Kluever 2014, 'Finding a Fox: An Evaluation of Survey Methods to Estimate Abundance of a Small DesertCarnivore', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0105873. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)