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Mephitis mephitica
Skunk Skunk, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. Note: The common species of the Eastern United States (Mephitis mephitica) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white. Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk. Skunk cabbage (Bot.), an American aroid herb (Symplocarpus f[oe]tidus>) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves. It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called swamp cabbage. Skunk porpoise. (Zo["o]l.) See under Porpoise.

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- P.; Falsen, E.; Busse, H. J. (2008). "Reclassification of Pseudomonas mephitica Claydon and Hammer 1939 as a later heterotypic synonym of Janthinobacterium...
- (1896). "A chemical study of the secretion of the anal glands of mephitis mephitica (common skunk), with remarks on the physiological properties of this secretion"...
- huttiensis, P. indigofera, P. lanceolata, P. lemoignei, B. mallei, P. mephitica, P. mixta, P. palleronii, P. phe****nium, P. pickettii, P. plantarii,...
- northern Ontario. M. americana (Desmarest, 1818), chinche (Fischer, 1829), mephitica (Saw, 1792), vulgaris (F. Cuvier, 1842) Illinois skunk M. m. avia Bangs...
- fusispora Tephrocybe impexa Tephrocybe inolens Tephrocybe langei Tephrocybe mephitica Tephrocybe murina Tephrocybe osmophora Tephrocybe platypus Tephrocybe...
- Discodorididae Genus: Atagema Species: A. spongiosa Binomial name Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858) Synonyms Trippa spongiosa Phlegmodoris mephitica Bergh, 1878...
- near Box in Wiltshire,’ 1789. 'An Account of the Efficacy of the Aqua Mephitica Alkalina in Calculous Disorders,’ &c., 3rd edit. London, 1789; 4th edit...
- Guettarda mattogrossensis S.Moore Guettarda membranacea Sw. Guettarda mephitica Guillaumin Guettarda mollis DC. Guettarda monocarpa Urb. Guettarda multinervis...
- Naturalist, vol.4–6, p.75-91 Lett, W. P. The American Skunk (Mephitis mephitica), The Ottawa Naturalist, vol.1–3, p.18-23 Lett, W. P. The Canadian Otter...
- (Singer) Reumaux & Frund (2011) Russula mendocinensis Thiers (1997) Russula mephitica Pegler (1980) Russula meridionalis (Calonge, Mor.-Arr. & J. Gómez) J.M...