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LITTLE SPOTTED SKUNK
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico
Synonyms:
little spotted skunk; Spilogale putorius; spotted skunk
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("little 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 ("little spotted skunk" is a member of...):
genus Spilogale; Spilogale (a genus of Mustelidae)