What is a female fox called?

Females of the vulpine kind are called vixens. Naturally, this world being what it is, that is yet another term that has been used pejoratively to describe women. It has been used in the sense of “kind of a termagant [bitch, harpy, etc.]” and also as a slang term—using a slang term, so pardon me—for “sex kitten”. read more

For some reason we ended up with the word for a male (which eventually came to mean a fox of either gender) coming from one English dialect and the name of the female from another dialect So, that’s why we ended up with fox and vixen, instead of fox and fixen or vox and vixen. read more

A female fox is called a vixen. (This term is sometimes used to refer to an attractive young woman who exhibits flirtatious behavior.) A female fox is called a vixen. Male foxes are called reynards; and baby foxes are pups or kits. Groups of kits are called litters. a vixen A female fox is called a vixen. A vixen. read more