A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
In some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae.
1 Come along with me, and get the mephitis blown out of you.
2 Soon a woman ka-wate ( mephitis ) came along with a vase and a gourd for water.
3 The odor with which this creature, truly named Mephitis , can overpower its assailants is truly AWFUL.
4 That pickpocket, Sir Mephitis , could solve the mystery.
5 As a result, Sir Mephitis , as Burroughs calls him, lies stark and stiff near the door.
6 From Sir Mephitis to romantic moonlight and lofty musings, no doubt, which ended with a screech-owl.
7 Sir Mephitis mephitica, or, in plain English, the skunk, has awakened from his six weeks' nap, and come out into society again.
8 Febris was the god of fever, Mephitis the god of stench; Fessonia aided the weary, and "Sweet Cloacina" presided over the drains.
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