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silver fox
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a color phase of the red fox, Vulpes ful, characterized by black fur having silvery-white guard hairs dispersed over the back, found rarely in nature but nowadays bred on fox farms.
Quotations
1770
On Niger Sound we saw a good silver fox.
1861
My own theory is that the silver fox is the offspring of two silver parents; the cross of a silver and red; the red of two reds; and the different shades being caused by fresh inter-breeds.
1946
. . . in the wilds the silver fox is a rare phenomenon--probably two, or at the most, three per cent of red fox litters.
1964
[Folder] It is also the birthplace of the silver fox industry.
2
the fur of the silver fox.
Quotations
1820
A silver fox, white fox, or otter, are reckoned two beavers, and a black fox, or large black bear are equal to four.
1921
The silver fox is the choicest of all foxes, and now that sea otters are almost extinct, it may be considered the most valuable of all furs.
1947
A pair of silver fox mittens dangled from ornate cords around his neck.