Synonyms for Mephitis (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant):
reek, stench, stink, fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour
WordNet sense 2 (in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae):
genus Mephitis
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