Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small nocturnal fox (Vulpes zerda syn. Fennecus zerda) of desert regions of northern Africa, having fawn-colored fur and large pointed ears.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small African fox, the zerda, Vulpes zerda or Fennecus zerda.
- noun A misnomer of an entirely different African fox, of the genus Megalotis or Otocyon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small, African, foxlike animal (
Vulpes zerda ) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
fox of thespecies Vulpes zerda , found in theSahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversizedears .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Pants (UID#2794) on November 15th, 2009 at 7: 37 pm cute fennec is cute
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You just need to goto [mozillalabs. com] in fennec and hit experimental version. (to the right of the big download weave button). dajmeister
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But this is the smallest fox, called the fennec fox from the Sahara desert.
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But this is the smallest fox, called the fennec fox from the Sahara desert.
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Mozilla released new web browser called fennec Last Visitors mhnassif has no visitors to display. z4soft
MoDaCo WinMo News 2009
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If anyone is wondering why the tiny Firefox is named "Fennec," a fennec is a small fox.
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She was holding a baby fox in her arms, a "fennec," the desert fox of North Africa.
Aspen Times - Top Stories Story and photos by Andy Stone Aspen Times Weekly 2009
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April 29, 2010 at 12: 43 AM if fennec has flash in it plus pinch zooming and run faster, it would be great ... atomb52
First Look At Fennec, Or Firefox Mobile On Android | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Enormous ears allow fennec foxes to hear insect prey scurrying along the scorching Saharan sand.
ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010
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Enormous ears allow fennec foxes to hear insect prey scurrying along the scorching Saharan sand.
ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010
bilby commented on the word fennec
Three.
July 6, 2009
Telofy commented on the word fennec
Awww.
February 17, 2011