Noun
- 1. mephitis, gas
- usage: a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth
- 2. malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis, smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception
- usage: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- 3. Mephitis, genus Mephitis, mammal genus
- usage: in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae
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