单词 | wood-pussy |
释义 | > as lemmaswood-pussy wood-pussy n. (also woods-pussy) North American colloquial a skunk. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mephitis (skunk) polecat1605 skunk1634 huffer1729 skunk weasel1771 mouffette1774 stinking polecat1791 mephitic weasel1827 essence-peddler1838 zorrino1885 skunklet1888 wood-pussy1899 1899 F. D. Bergen Anim. & Plant Lore 61 Wood pussy, skunk. 1950 Chicago Daily News 16 Feb. 5/1 Miss Bennett paid $35 for the deodorized house-broken wood pussy. 1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 18 June 9/2 You would never have known that said woods pussy had met its doom and left so many ‘scents’ behind in its will. < as lemmas |
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