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MEPHITIS MEPHITIS

• MEPHITIS MEPHITIS (noun)
The noun MEPHITIS MEPHITIS has 1 sense:

1. most common and widespread North American skunk

Familiarity information: MEPHITIS MEPHITIS used as a noun is very rare.

• MEPHITIS MEPHITIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Most common and widespread North American skunk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mephitis mephitis; striped skunk

Hypernyms ("Mephitis mephitis" is a kind 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)

Holonyms ("Mephitis mephitis" is a member of...):

genus Mephitis; Mephitis (in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae)

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(English proverb)
"Where there is heart, there are hands."
(Albanian proverb)
"If a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity."
(Arabic proverb)
"It's not only cooks that wear long knives."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of polecat
Meaning of Mephitis
Meaning of genus Mephitis
Meaning of wood pussy
Pronunciation of skunk

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