3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Vulpine \Vul"pine\ (?; 277), a. [L. vulpinus, from vulpes a fox.] Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful. [1913 Webster] {Vulpine phalangist} (Zool.), an Australian carnivorous marsupial ({Phalangista vulpina} syn. {Trichosurus vulpina}); -- called also {vulpine phalanger}, and {vulpine opossum}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: vulpine adj : resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning" [syn: {vulpecular}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 56 Moby Thesaurus words for "vulpine": Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, astute, cagey, canine, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, doggy, feline, foxlike, foxy, guileful, ingenious, insidious, inventive, knowing, lupine, pawky, politic, ready, resourceful, scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, trickish, tricksy, tricky, wary, wily, wolfish
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