Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Brant-fox

Brant-fox ({not transcribed}) , noun

[For brand-fox; compare German brandfuchs, Swedish bradraf. So called from its yellowish brown and somewhat black color. See Brand.]

(Zoology) A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (Vulpes vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.