raposa-cinzenta

Portuguese

Noun

raposa-cinzenta f (plural raposa-cinzentas)

  1. gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
    • 1969, Jornal do Brasil‎:
      O dono da rapôsa cinzenta teve muito trabalho com ela, e conseguiu que ela ficasse amiga de sua filha, com quem brinca.
      The owner of the gray fox took a lot of trouble with her, and managed to get her to become friends with his daughter, with whom she plays.
    • 2008, Cordilheira (Amores expressos)‎:
      Castores que alagavam grandes áreas com suas represas de gravetos, aves extintas pela raposa-cinzenta que o homem introduziu no ecossistema para regular a população de coelhos […]
      Beavers that flooded large areas with their stick dams, birds that became extinct due to the gray fox that man introduced into the ecosystem to regulate the rabbit population […]
    • 2016, Princpios Integrados de Zoologia 16. ed.‎:
      Dentes de uma raposa-cinzenta, um carnívoro, mostrando os quatro tipos de dentes.
      Teeth of a gray fox, a carnivore, showing the four types of teeth.
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