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How did the skunk get its name?

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 11/13/2022

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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