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corsac

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See corsak.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The corsak.

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  • noun corsac fox

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Examples

  • Wolf (Canis lupus), foxes (Vulpes vulpes, V. corsac) and Siberian polecat (Mustela eversmanni) are typical steppe carnivores.

    Kazakh steppe 2008

  • Protected here are Asiatic wild ass, Persian gazelle (Gazella sulgutturosa), corsac fox and wolf (Canis lupus) and 203 various bird species.

    Central Asian northern desert 2008

  • Both form a significant part of the diet of nocturnal predators such as owl, steppe ferret (Mustela eversmanni) and corsac fox (Vulpes corsac).

    Central Asian northern desert 2008

  • Carnivores include Canis lupus, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes corsac and Otocolobus manul in the mountains, valleys, and steppe, Lynx lynx in the forest, Gulo gulo in rugged areas and Meles meles in the forest steppe.

    Altai montane forest and forest steppe 2008

  • Below her a fawn-colored corsac fox was cascading down the rocky ledges like a furry waterfall.

    Sovereigns of the Sky 2001

  • Below her a fawn-colored corsac fox was cascading down the rocky ledges like a furry waterfall.

    Sovereigns of the Sky 2001

  • I have to agree with corsac on the general point that just about everywhere in Debian could use more people.

    Planet Debian Tim Retout 2009

  • Along with fox (Vulpes vulpes) and corsac (Vulpes corsac), one can find long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus), tolai hare (Lepus tolai), jackal (Canis aureus), badger (Meles meles), many rodent species such as ground squirrels (Spermophilus spp.), gerbils (Meriones spp.), and jerboas (Allactaga spp.).

    Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe 2008

  • Among rare and endemic animal species found in the ecoregion included in IUCN or local (Kazakhstan) Red Data Lists are goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa), corsac fox, arkhar, saiga antelope, black vulture (Aegypius monachus), imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca), short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni).

    Tian Shan foothill arid steppe 2008

  • Other common species of mammals are wolf (Canis lupus), corsac fox (Vulpes corsac), Siberian polecat (Mustela eversmanni), ermine (Mustela erminea), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), badger (Meles meles), hare (Lepus timidus), and flying squirrel (Pteromys volans).

    Kazakh forest steppe 2007

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