Skunk definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SKUNK, n. In America, the popular name of a fetid animal of the weasel kind; the Viverra Mephitis of Linne. SKUNK'-CABBAGE, SKUNK'-WEED, n. A plant vulgarly so called, the Tetodes fatidus ... a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and ... a game where one side fails to score [syn: shutout, skunk] 3: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green ...
skunk cabbage definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: deciduous ... in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe [syn: skunk cabbage, polecat weed, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidus] 2: clump-forming ... similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe [syn: skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanum] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1751 either ... swampy areas and have a fetid odor suggestive of a skunk: a. one (Symplocarpus foetidus) of eastern North America that sends ... emitting unpleasant odors as they grow. The E N. Amer. skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family) has large fleshy ... brown spathes, and a skunklike odor. The western, or yellow, skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum), also an arum, bears a large ...
Skunk porpoise definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Skunk Skunk, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo["o ... 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 ...
Skunk bird definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Skunk Skunk, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo["o ... 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 ...
Skunk blackbird definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Skunk Skunk, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo["o ... 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 ...
hog-nosed skunk definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico [syn: hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus]
badger skunk definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico [syn: hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus]
hognosed skunk definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico [syn: hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus]
rooter skunk definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico [syn: hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus]
little spotted skunk definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico [syn: spotted skunk, little spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius]
striped skunk definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: most common and widespread North American skunk [syn: striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1882 a common North American skunk (Mephitis mephitis) usually with white on the top of the ...
spotted skunk definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico [syn: spotted skunk, little spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius]
skunk-weed definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: tall ... Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell [syn: skunkweed, skunk-weed, Polemonium viscosum] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. See skunk-cabbage.