ಅರ್ಥ : American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled. In some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : skunk, wood pussy
ಅರ್ಥ : Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : fitch, foulmart, foumart, mustela putorius