>Jim-
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>>>Alopecus which means "fox." Unfortunately I have no clue how to pronounce it. Kind of a block.
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>>Awfully close to 'alopecia'. A hairless fox, perhaps. (he dictionary says fox-mange (for alopecia))
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>Ew.

I should have clarified that it is the Greek (derivative) that means fox-mange.

Alopex - fox; alopeka - fox-mange.