Samson fox

English

Noun

Samson fox (plural Samson foxes)

  1. A red fox mutation that lacks guard hairs, thus having a wooly appearance.
    • 1997, Nature of foxes : hunters of the shadows, page 29:
      Captive foxes have been selectively bred for other colours, but wild foxes usually appear in only two other variations: a Samson fox is a genetic mutation with no guard hairs, only soft, tightly curled underfur
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