hooded skunk

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   of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States

   SynonymsMephitis macroura

   Broaderskunk

   Part ofMephitis

Questions about hooded skunk

What does hooded skunk mean?

hooded skunk means "of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States".

What is another word for hooded skunk?

Close synonyms include Mephitis macroura. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hooded skunk a common word?

hooded skunk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.