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blue fox

blue fox

7.4
A northern fox with pale grey or blue-grey winter fur that lives near coasts
  • noun
  • /blu fɑks/
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  • I've also seen wild pigs, coatimundi, blue foxes, snakes, and weasels while hiking in the park.

Examples

  • While hiking in the Arctic, I spotted a blue fox with a stunning bluish-grey coat that blended perfectly with the snow.

  • Or this one fox called a blue fox or something and they've actually modified its genes to grow freakish amounts of fur.

  • In the coastal tundra, the blue fox hunts for its prey during the long winter months.

  • The wildlife photographer captured a beautiful image of a blue fox as it maneuvered through the icy landscape.

Surface Forms

blue fox singular
blue foxes plural

Morphology

blue + fox

The meaning 'a fox with a bluish-grey coat' is directly derivable from combining 'blue' (a color) with 'fox' (the animal). This simple adjective + noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended referent.

Etymology

The noun blue fox comes from fur hunters and traders who called this Arctic fox blue because its winter fur looked pale grey with a bluish tint. So today blue fox means 'a fox with a pale grey or bluish-grey winter coat', often found near the coast.