vos

Definitions of vos
  1. noun
    alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
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    types:
    brandvos
    the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species
    poolvos
    thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter
    zilvervos
    red fox in the color phase when its pelt is tipped with white
    type of:
    hoektand, oogtand
    any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
  2. noun
    the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
    synonyms: vossebont, vossenbont
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    type of:
    bont, dierehuid, vacht
    the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
  3. noun
    a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
    synonyms: roodvos, vospaard
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    type of:
    paard, peerd, ros, viervoeter
    solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
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