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mephitis

[ muh-fahy-tis ]

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noun

(in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
any noisome or poisonous stench.

1700–10; < Latin mephītis, mefītis; compare Oscan Mefit ( eí ) the goddess of such exhalations

"Mephitis," I gasped, and instantly put several feet more between us.

Visher (1914:91), however, reported that Spilogale was much commoner than Mephitis in the early part of the century.

The small mandibular ramus of a musteline referred by Dr. Roth to Mephitis suffocans, does not pertain to this genus and species.

Soon a woman ka-wate (mephitis) came along with a vase and a gourd for water.

Mephitis is, however, purely American wherever he comes from.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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