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Sampson fox

noun
variants: or Samson fox \ "-​ \

Definition of Sampson fox

: a red fox having a coat in which the guard hairs are lacking and the under fur is woolly and scorched looking due to genetic variation

History and Etymology for Sampson fox

probably after Samson, judge of Israel; from his tying torches to the tails of foxes to set fire to the grain of the Philistines, Judges 15:4–5

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