Vul'pine adjective [ Latin vulpinus , from vulpes a fox.] Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful. Vulpine phalangist (Zoology) , an Australian carnivorous marsupial ( Phalangista, or Trichosurus, vulpina ); -- called also Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/38