Word

wood pussy, n.

American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
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polecat skunk wood pussy

semantic pointers

hypernym

musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline

hyponym

striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus spotted skunk, little spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius