mephitis
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me·phi·tis
(mə-fī'tĭs) 
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n.
- An offensive smell; a stench.
- A poisonous or foul-smelling gas emitted from the earth.
[Latin mefītis, mephītis.]
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mephitis
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(mə-fī'tĭs)
n.
n.
- An offensive smell; a stench.
- A poisonous or foul-smelling gas emitted from the earth.
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- Smells - mephitis: any poisonous stench, esp. noxious exhalation from the earth
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