Library / English Dictionary |
CONEPATUS LEUCONOTUS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
Synonyms:
badger skunk; Conepatus leuconotus; hog-nosed skunk; hognosed skunk; rooter skunk
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Conepatus leuconotus" 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 ("Conepatus leuconotus" is a member of...):
Conepatus; genus Conepatus (a genus of Mustelidae)