hooded skunk

/ˌhʊdəd skəŋk/
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Definitions of hooded skunk
  1. noun
    of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States
    synonyms: Mephitis macroura
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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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