Meaning of vixen in English
(Definition of vixen from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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While still prepubertal, vixens were about to cycle as were the breeding ones, with both groups in the same stage of the preparation for oestrus.
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However, in our experience maturation rates of oocytes from prepubertal and breeding vixens taken during the pelting season did not differ significantly (data not shown).
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One possible source of the difference in maturation potential between dog and fox might be that the oocytes in the present study were isolated from prepubertal vixens.
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Debate in the 1960s about whether dog foxes bring food for vixens and their cubs was sparse because of shortage of evidence.
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Instead of our having a smaller fox population, we will simply have a younger one, because the young vixens will breed more.
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Older vixens would breed less; they would have fewer litters.
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Furthermore, at the dens one is likely to get only a proportion of the vixens.
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I am aware that cymag and similar gases can be used successfully under suitable conditions—for example to gas vixens and cubs in dens.
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There would be an older fox population, and fewer vixens would breed.
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The vixen's oestrus period lasts three weeks, during which the dog-foxes mate with the vixens for several days, often in burrows.
Vixens are very protective of their kits, and have been known to even fight off terriers in their defence.
Adult red foxes have skulls measuring 129167mm in, while those of vixens measure 128159mm in.
However, cases are known of badgers driving vixens from their dens and destroying their litters without eating them.
Vixens normally have four pairs of teats, though vixens with seven, nine or ten teats are not uncommon.
As it is commonly heard during the breeding season, it is thought to be emitted by vixens summoning males.
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