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Conepatus leuconotus

DEFINITIONS OF: Conepatus leuconotus

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n large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico

Synonyms:
badger skunk, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, rooter skunk
Type 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
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