| NOUN | animal | wood pussy, skunk, polecat | American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled |
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| Meaning | American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae. | |
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| Synonyms | skunk, polecat | |
| Narrower | hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus | large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail |
| hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura | Of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States | |
| spotted skunk, little spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius | small skunk with a marbled black and white coat | |
| striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis | Most common and widespread North American skunk | |
| Broader | musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline | fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals |
| Spanish | mofeta, turón | |
| Catalan | mofeta, turó | |
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