I looked up in translator that "Snow fox" is gonna be "Yuki no kitsune". Ok,
yuki - snow, kitsune - fox. But what if I get rid of "no" part? What if I
spell it like "Yuki kitsune" or "Kitsune yuki". Would it mean the same? Or is
it just going to be two separate words?

I want to know specifically about "Yuki kitsune" and "Kitsune yuki" examples,
but it raises the question about usage of "no" particle.
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grammar words definitions
Correct grammar for "snow fox"?
If you're referring to [arctic fox ( _Vulpes lagopus_
)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_fox), which seems to be also known as
snow fox, its Japanese name is
[ホッキョクギツネ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A7%E3%82%AF%E3%82%AE%E3%83%84%E3%83%8D)
(ホッキョク = 北極 = the Arctic).

If you are only vaguely looking for a Japanese word which "sounds like snow
fox", I would suggest ユキギツネ (yuki **g** itsune) instead of ユキキツネ (yuki **k**
itsune). Although there seems to be no real species called ユキギツネ, this sounds
realistic enough, and it may be used, for example, as the name of an enemy in
a fantasy game. Many real foxes are named ○○ギツネ (○○ **g** itsune, without _no_
) in Japanese. See this question regarding why キ needs to be voiced: [Rules or
criteria for 連濁: Voiced or unvoiced syllables in compound
words](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2526/5010)

Unsurprisingly, キツネユキ sounds like "fox snow" or "fox-like snow", which makes
little sense to me.
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