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spotted skunk

DEFINITIONS OF: spotted skunk

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n small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico

Synonyms:
Spilogale putorius, little spotted 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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