>>Jim-
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>>>>Alopecus which means "fox." Unfortunately I have no clue how to pronounce it. Kind of a block.
>>>
>>>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.

Ah. In _that_ case...Eeeew.