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Mephitis mephitis

DEFINITIONS OF: Mephitis mephitis

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n most common and widespread North American skunk

Synonyms:
striped 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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