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conepati

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co⋅ne⋅pa⋅ti

[koh-nuh-pah-tee]
–noun
hog-nosed skunk (def. 2).

Origin:
1765–75; < MexSp conepate < Nahuatl conēpatl, equiv. to conē(tl) child, offspring + (e)patl skunk

hog-nosed skunk

[hawg-nohzd, hog-]
–noun
1. Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
2. Also called conepati. any similar New World skunk of the genus Conepatus.
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