Any of several small South American mammals resembling a fox or a dog, especially the fox Dusicyon gymnocercus, of eastern and southern parts of South America.
Origin
1920s.
Definition of pampas fox in US English:
pampas fox
(also pampa fox)
noun
Any of several small South American mammals resembling a fox or a dog, especially the fox Dusicyon gymnocercus, of eastern and southern parts of South America.