hog-nosed skunk

Definitions of hog-nosed skunk
  1. noun
    large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
    synonyms: Conepatus leuconotus, badger skunk, hognosed skunk, rooter skunk
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    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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