DCHP-2
swift (fox) † DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a small fox, Vulpes velox hebes, once common on the prairies.
See also: kit fox (def. 1a)
- c1902 The hairs are coarse, horsey, indistinctly marked, and the fur is of small value to the trader; so dainty little swift, who looks as if nature made him for a pet dog instead of a fox, is slighted by the hunter.
- 1853 There, too, may be seen the . . . "swift fox."
- c1902 The hairs are coarse, horsey, indistinctly marked, and the fur is of small value to the trader; so dainty little swift, who looks as if nature made him for a pet dog instead of a fox, is slighted by the hunter.