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hog-nosed skunk
[ hawg-nohzd skuhngk, hog- ]
noun
- Also called badg·er skunk [baj, -er skuhngk],. 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.
- Also called conepati. any similar New World skunk of the genus Conepatus.
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The hog-nosed skunk, according to westerners, very often had hydrophobia and would bite a sleeper.
From Project Gutenberg
Way down in the Southwest is one called the Hog-nosed Skunk, one of the largest of the family.
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