vixen

/ˈvɪksən/
noun
  1. A female fox.
    • We spotted a vixen crossing the field with a rabbit in her mouth.
    • The vixen led her cubs out of the den at dusk.
    • The farmer set up a camera to watch the vixen and her pups.
  2. A woman who is considered clever, attractive, and sometimes assertive or fiery in personality.
    • In the movie, she played a cunning vixen who outsmarts everyone.
    • The tabloids called her a vixen because of her bold fashion and sharp tongue.
    • He described his grandmother as a sweet old lady, but she was a real vixen in her youth.
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