What is the Feminine Gender of the Noun Fox

Answer: ‘Gender’ is used to denote being male or female. With the help of gender, we can differentiate the state of a person. Grammatically, it divides the noun, pronouns, etc., into three different classes, i.e. masculine, feminine, and neutral.

Feminine gender nouns represent women, girls, and female animals, whereas masculine gender nouns represent men, boys, and male animals.  It refers to the physical characteristics of a human being. To a larger extent, gender includes the norms, behaviour habits, and lifestyle of a human being. With its description, one can easily define the roles and duties associated with different classes.

In this topic, the feminine gender of the fox is known as a vixen.

Fox is a nocturnal animal and belongs to the dog family.

Grammatically, a fox is a conventional term that can represent both the masculine and feminine gender of the fox. the 

People tend to use the word “foxen” to define the female gender; however, less did they know that it is the plural form of the fox and not the feminine form.

For example- 

1. I saw a fox in the forest.
2. The vixen was running fast for hunting.

In the first sentence, we are unable to specify the gender of the fox(male or female). However, in the second sentence, we can easily understand that a female fox was running to chase her prey.