Found 2 hits - Term: silver fox, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
silver \sil"ver\, a.
1. of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
1913 webster
2. resembling silver. specifically:
a bright; resplendent; white. "silver hair." --shak.
1913 webster
others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
their downy breast. --milton.
1913 webster
b precious; costly.
c giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "silver
voices." --spenser.
d sweet; gentle; peaceful. "silver slumber." --spenser.
1913 webster
american silver fir bot., the balsam fir. see under
balsam.
silver age roman lit., the latter part a. d. 14-180 of
the classical period of latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.
silver-bell tree bot., an american shrub or small tree
halesia tetraptera with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.
silver bush bot., a shrubby leguminous plant anthyllis
barba-jovis of southern europe, having silvery foliage.
silver chub zool., the fallfish.
silver eel. zool.
a the cutlass fish.
b a pale variety of the common eel.
silver fir bot., a coniferous tree abies pectinata
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. it yields burgundy pitch and strasburg turpentine.
silver foil, foil made of silver.
silver fox zool., a variety of the common fox vulpes
vulpes, variety argenteus found in the northern parts of
asia, europe, and america. its fur is nearly black, with
silvery tips, and is highly valued. called also black
fox, and silver-gray fox.
silver gar. zool. see billfish
a .
silver grain bot., the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. in the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.
silver grebe zool., the red-throated diver. see illust.
under diver.
silver hake zool., the american whiting.
silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.
silver lunge zool., the namaycush.
silver moonfish.zool. see moonfish
b .
silver moth zool., a lepisma.
silver owl zool., the barn owl.
silver perch zool., the mademoiselle, 2.
silver pheasant zool., any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed asiatic pheasants, of
the genus euplocamus. they have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. the most common
species euplocamus nychtemerus is native of china.
silver plate,
a domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
silver.
b a plating of silver on a base metal.
silver plover zool., the knot.
silver salmon zool., a salmon oncorhynchus kisutch
native of both coasts of the north pacific. it ascends all
the american rivers as far south as the sacramento. called
also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon.
silver shell zool., a marine bivalve of the genus anomia.
see anomia.
silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small
proportion of silver.
silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of
the life guards when on duty at the palace. eng.
--thackeray.
silver tree bot., a south african tree leucadendron
argenteum with long, silvery, silky leaves.
silver trout, zool. see trout.
silver wedding. see under wedding.
silver whiting zool., a marine sciaenoid food fish
menticirrus littoralis native of the southern united
states; -- called also surf whiting.
silver witch zool., a lepisma.
1913 webster
see also:
american silver fir balsam silver age silver-bell tree halesia tetraptera silver bush
anthyllis barba-jovis silver chub silver eel silver fir abies pectinata
silver foil silver fox vulpes vulpes black fox silver-gray fox
silver gar billfish silver grain silver grebe diver
silver hake silver leaf silver lunge silver moonfish moonfish
silver moth silver owl silver perch silver pheasant euplocamus
euplocamus nychtemerus silver plate silver plover silver salmon oncorhynchus kisutch
kisutch whitefish white salmon silver shell anomia
silver steel silver stick silver tree leucadendron argenteum silver trout
trout silver wedding wedding silver whiting menticirrus littoralis
surf whiting silver witch
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
silver fox
n : red fox in the color phase when its pelt is tipped with
white
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