fennec

/fen-ek/US // ˈfɛn ɛk //UK // (ˈfɛnɛk) //

芬兰人,狐狸精,狐狸,茴香

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.

The above Fennec was about ten inches long, the tail five inches and a quarter, near an inch of it on the tip, black.
The fennec is a creature of the desert, and lives in burrows which it scoops out in the sand.
The fennec spends the heat of the day comfortably curled up in its burrow, with its nose tucked away under its big bushy tail.
And yet, correctly speaking, it was not a fox neither, but a fennec.
They were not going to make a circuit for such an insignificant creature as the little fennec.