silver fox
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A melanistic red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with silver to black fur.
Example Sentences
- "My surprise visitor was Marcus, arriving early for the party. In tow he had a mean silver fox, a curator who was programming an encyclopedic exhibition of the anti-epoch to which Marcus and I belonged at a major museum."
- "It’s more useful as a gender neutral term, saving the hassle of constant translation – Milf to Dilf, cougar to silver fox, mutton dressed up as lamb to beef dressed up as veal."