'Vulpine' definitions:
Definition of 'vulpine'
From: WordNet
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning" [syn: vulpine, vulpecular]
Definition of 'Vulpine'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'vulpine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- 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