A female fox (5)
I believe the answer is:
vixen
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">a female fox</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for vixen that I've seen before include "She-fox" , "Bad-tempered woman - earth mother?" , "A foxy lady?" , "Cunning Little creature (Janacek)" , "Rudolph's partner" .)