Mephitis

See also: mephitis

Translingual

Etymology

Via Latin, from Mefitis, the name of a Samnite goddess who personified the poisonous gases emitted from swamps and volcanoes. The name is from Oscan and ultimately Proto-Italic.

Proper noun

Mephitis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mephitidae – one of the three genera of skunks, native to North America.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia - suborder; Mephitidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mephitis mephitis - type species;  - sole other known species

Further reading

• Mephitis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mephitis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Mephitis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mephitis in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Mephitis at Animal Diversity Web
• Mephitis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mephitis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mephitis at Paleobiology Database

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English

Proper noun

Mephitis

1. Alternative form of Mefitis

Anagrams

• shiptime, timeship