gray fox

1. 1.

   dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States

   Synonymsgrey foxUrocyon cinereoargenteus

   Broaderfox

   Part ofUrocyon

Questions about gray fox

What does gray fox mean?

gray fox means "dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States".

What is another word for gray fox?

Close synonyms include grey fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gray fox a common word?

gray 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.