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Kit-fox. World English Historical Dictionary

Kit-fox. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1901, rev. 2025. Kit-fox [perh. from KIT sb.3, in reference to its small size.] A small fox (Vulpes velox), peculiar to North-western America, scarcely half the size of the common fox, of a prevailing yellowish grey color, with a black-tipped tail; the American corsak or swift-fox. Also, by ellipsis, kitt.

1 1812.  J. Cutler, Topogr. Descr. Ohio, 139. The Christenoes … traffic in beaver, otter, lynx,… small fox or kitts, dressed elk, and moose deer skins.

2 1815.  Lewis & Clarke, Trav., xxiv. III. 29. The kit-fox or small red fox of the plains.

3 1829.  Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer., I. 98. It has long been known to the Hudson Bay fur-traders, its skins forming a portion of their annual exports, under the name of kit foxes.

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