SPOTTED SKUNK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spotted skunk mean? 

• SPOTTED SKUNK (noun)
  The noun SPOTTED SKUNK has 1 sense:

1. small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico

  Familiarity information: SPOTTED SKUNK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOTTED SKUNK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

little spotted skunk; Spilogale putorius; spotted skunk

Hypernyms ("spotted 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 ("spotted skunk" is a member of...):

genus Spilogale; Spilogale (a genus of Mustelidae)