little spotted skunk

little spotted skunk
noun
small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico
Hypernyms: ↑skunk, ↑polecat, ↑wood pussy
Member Holonyms: ↑Spilogale, ↑genus Spilogale

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noun
: any of a number of small skunks (genus Spilogale) that have a coat of marbled black and white and that are common and widely distributed in the southwestern United States and in Mexico

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