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The names of the family and the most common genus (Mephitidae, Mephitis) mean "stench", and Spilogale putorius means "stinking spotted weasel". The word skunk is a corruption of an Abenaki name for them, segongw or segonku, which means "one who squirts" in the Algonquin dialect.
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∙ 8y ago"Squunck" is attested from the 1630s, derived from an Algonquian word "seganku". Used as an insult, attested from 1841.
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What is the name of a skunk-like animal?
a skunk?
What is the name of a baby skunk?
A baby skunk is called a 'kit.'
Are there any skunk games?
i do know of one game where you are a skunk in it. The name of the game is Punky skunk its for the PS1
How did skunk cabbage get its name?
It smells bad, like a skunk spray.
What is the name for a boy skunk?
A young skunk is called a kit. == ==a kit
What is the name of skunk juice?
pee-you
What is another name for a woodpussy?
Skunk
What is the French name for skunk?
mouffette
What is scientific name of skunk?
mephitus
Does the Lockheed mascot skunk have a name?
skunkworks
What is the Latin name for skunk and what does it mean?
Mephista mephista, which means: "noxious vapors, noxious vapors"~Skunk Woman
What is the scientific name or taxonomic classification of the animal Striped skunk?
The scientific name for the striped skunk is Mephitis mephitis. It belongs to the family Mephitidae and the order Carnivora.
