striped skunk

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   most common and widespread North American skunk

   SynonymsMephitis mephitis

   Broaderskunk

   Part ofMephitis

Questions about striped skunk

What does striped skunk mean?

striped skunk means "most common and widespread North American skunk".

What is another word for striped skunk?

Close synonyms include Mephitis mephitis. 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 striped skunk a common word?

striped 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.