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Definition of Skunks

Skunk
Skunk Skunk, v. t. In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king. [Colloq. U. S.]
Skunk
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.

Meaning of Skunks from wikipedia

- weasel family, skunks have as their closest relatives the Old World stink badgers. In alphabetical order, the living species of skunks are: Family Mephitidae...
- The genus Spilogale includes all skunks commonly known as spotted skunks. Currently, there are four accepted extant species: S. gracilis, S. ****rius...
- human-modified environments. Striped skunks are polygamous omnivores with few natural predators, save for birds of prey. Like all skunks, they possess highly developed...
- though the possession of skunks remains widely prohibited across America, without proper licensing and inspection. Skunks are probably best-known for...
- The Skunks aka the Black Album (Rude Records, 1980) The Skunks aka the Purple Album (Republic, 1982) Live albums Earthquake Shake live CD (Skunks Records...
- comprising the skunks and stink badgers. They are noted for the great development of their anal scent glands, which they use to deter predators. Skunks were formerly...
- skunks will become fully developed into adult skunks and two months before they develop skunk musk to use as self-defense. The eastern spotted skunk has...
- Skunk weed may refer to: Skunk (cannabis), a breed of cannabis Navarretia squarrosa, California stinkweed Polemonium viscosum, Sky pilot Symplocarpus foetidus...
- A skunked term is a word that becomes difficult to use because it is evolving from one meaning to another, perhaps inconsistent or even opposite, usage...
- of the skunks of Trans Pecos Texas. Ph.D. dissertation. Texas A&M University. p. 199. Janzen, D. H. and W. Hallwachs (1982). The hooded skunk, Mephitis...