black fox

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   red fox in the color phase when its pelt is mostly black

   Broaderred fox

Questions about black fox

What does black fox mean?

black fox means "red fox in the color phase when its pelt is mostly black".

Is black fox a common word?

black fox is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.