ˈcross-fox
[cross- 3 c.]
A variety of the fox, having a dark marking along the back and another across the shoulders, forming a cross.
| [1774 Crost fox: see crossed 1.] 1830 Gardens of Zool. Soc. I. 221 The Cross Fox of America. 1862 H. Marryat Year in Sweden I. 480 An animal..called the cross-fox, from its bearing a distinct black cross on the shoulders. |