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What (who) is Mephitinae - definition
COMMON NAME OF MAMMALS IN THE FAMILY MEPHITIDAE
Skunks; Skunk spray; Wood pussy; Mephitinae; Chingue; 🦨
![A hooded skunk [[skeleton]] on display at [[the Museum of Osteology]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hooded skunk skeleton.JPG?width=200 "A hooded skunk [[skeleton]] on display at [[the Museum of Osteology]]")
skunk
n. (misc.) to smell a skunk (esp. AE; colloq.) ('to sense trouble')
skunk
(skunks)
A skunk is a small black and white animal which releases an unpleasant smelling liquid if it is frightened or attacked. Skunks live in America.
N-COUNT
Skunk
·vt In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
II. Skunk ·noun Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
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Skunk
Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. They are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant scent from their anal glands. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration.
While related to polecats and other members of the weasel family, skunks have as their closest relatives the Old World stink badgers.
