Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mephitis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mephitis \Me*phi"tis\, n. [L. mephitis : cf. F. m['e]phitis.]
1. Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from
decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of mammals, including the skunks.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Mephitis
n : in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily
Mephitinae [syn: {Mephitis}, {genus Mephitis}]
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