1. (noun) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

• skunk
• wood pussy

2. (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

• fitch
• foulmart
• foumart
• mustela putorius

1. (noun) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

• badger skunk
• conepatus leuconotus
• hog-nosed skunk
• hognosed skunk
• rooter skunk
• hooded skunk
• mephitis macroura
• little spotted skunk
• spilogale putorius
• spotted skunk
• mephitis mephitis
• striped skunk

2. (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

• ferret

1. (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

• genus mustela
• mustela

1. (noun) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

• mustelid
• musteline
• musteline mammal

2. (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

• mustelid
• musteline
• musteline mammal