dog-fox

noun3

1. •
   A male fox.

   • Till sung his midnight hymn the owl, / Answer'd the dog-fox with his howl, / Then waked the King—at his request, / Lord Ronald stretch'd himself to rest. — 1815
2. •
   The arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus, and especially the blue fox subspecies.
3. •
   Any species of the genus Vulpes.