Noun mephitis has 3 senses
  1. mephitis - a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth
    --1 is a kind of
    gas
  2. malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
    --2 is a kind of smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception
    --2 has particulars: niff, pong
  3. Mephitis, genus Mephitis - in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae
    --3 is a kind of mammal genus
    --3 is a member of Mustelidae, family Mustelidae
    --3 has members:
     striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis; hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura
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