HOG-NOSED SKUNK Definition & Meaning

hog-nosed skunk

[ hawg-nohzd skuhngk, hog- ]

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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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Well, once upon a time in Mexico, a hog-nosed skunk had just sprayed Dr. Ferguson in the face, rendering him temporarily blind.

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The hog-nosed skunk, according to westerners, very often had hydrophobia and would bite a sleeper.

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