turón

Definitions of turón
  1. noun
    dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
    synonyms: hurón
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    type of:
    mustélido
    fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
  2. noun
    American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
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    type of:
    mustélido
    fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
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