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HOGNOSED SKUNK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hognosed skunk mean?
• HOGNOSED SKUNK (noun)
The noun HOGNOSED SKUNK has 1 sense:
1. large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
Familiarity information: HOGNOSED SKUNK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
badger skunk; Conepatus leuconotus; hog-nosed skunk; hognosed skunk; rooter skunk
Hypernyms ("hognosed skunk" 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 ("hognosed skunk" is a member of...):
Conepatus; genus Conepatus (a genus of Mustelidae)
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