SKUNK
\skˈʌŋk], \skˈʌŋk], \s_k_ˈʌ_ŋ_k]\
Definitions of SKUNK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
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In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
By Oddity Software
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Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
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In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
By Noah Webster.
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Omnivorous New World mammals of the family Mustelidae, showing typical warning coloration of patterned black and white and able to eject a malodorous secretion when the animal is startled or in danger.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small N. American carnivorous quadruped allied to the otter and weasel, which defends itself by emitting a most offensive fluid.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An American nocturnal burrowing animal having a bushy tail and capable of sending forth a liquid of very offensive odor. See illus. on next page.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A N. American carnivorous quadruped, nearly allied to the weasel and the otter, which defends itself when pursued by the ejection of offensively foetid matter.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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