American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | polecat, wood pussy |
Type of | mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal |
Has types | hooded skunk, rooter skunk, badger skunk, conepatus leuconotus, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, spotted skunk, mephitis macroura, mephitis mephitis, spilogale putorius, little spotted skunk, striped skunk |
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | lurch |
Type of | overcome, defeat, get the better of |
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