STRIPED SKUNK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does striped skunk mean? 

• STRIPED SKUNK (noun)
  The noun STRIPED SKUNK has 1 sense:

1. most common and widespread North American skunk

  Familiarity information: STRIPED SKUNK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIPED SKUNK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Most common and widespread North American skunk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mephitis mephitis; striped skunk

Hypernyms ("striped skunk" 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 ("striped skunk" is a member of...):

genus Mephitis; Mephitis (in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae)