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MEPHITIS MEPHITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mephitis mephitis mean?
• MEPHITIS MEPHITIS (noun)
The noun MEPHITIS MEPHITIS has 1 sense:
1. most common and widespread North American skunk
Familiarity information: MEPHITIS MEPHITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Most common and widespread North American skunk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Mephitis mephitis; striped skunk
Hypernyms ("Mephitis mephitis" is a kind of...):
polecat; skunk; wood pussy (American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae)
Holonyms ("Mephitis mephitis" is a member of...):
genus Mephitis; Mephitis (in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae)
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