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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -mephiti-, *mephiti*
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WordNet (3.0)
mephitinae(n) subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks, Syn. subfamily Mephitinae
mephitis(n) a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth
mephitis(n) in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae, Syn. genus Mephitis

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Mephitical

{ } a. [ L. mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. méphitique. ] 1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. [ 1913 Webster ]


Mephitic air (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Mephitic
Mephitinae

prop. n. A subfamily of mammals including the skunks; it is a subdivision not used in some classifications.
Syn. -- subfamily Mephitinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Mephitis

‖n. [ L. mephitis : cf. F. méphitis. ] 1. Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of mammals, including the skunks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mephitism

n. Same as Mephitis, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
縞スカンク[しまスカンク;シマスカンク, shima sukanku ; shimasukanku] (n) (uk) striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) [Add to Longdo]

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