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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A subfamily of Mustelidœ peculiar to America, typified by the genus Mephitis; the skunks.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A subfamily of mammals including the skunks; it is a subdivision not used in some classifications.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks

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