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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small fox (Vulpes velox) of western US and Canadian prairies, having gray to buff or sometimes reddish fur with black at the tip of the tail.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the high speeds that it can attain when running.]

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