mephitis

"Short for Porifera Mephitis, the things that make them fly.

Mephitis was the Roman goddess of noxious vapors, who protects against malaria.

Like M. mephitis, for self-defense, they spray volatile components from their anal glands.

I cannot wait to see a new perfume marketed under the name Mephitis, Osmatique, or Puanteur.

The hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura) is a species of mammal in the family Mephitidae.

Mephitis may refer to:

If anyone has an early citation, it will be welcomed by the entire etymological community, as well as by the genus Mephitis everywhere.

Nobody likes to be treated ignominiously, upset, shoved against the side of the house, rolled over, suffocated with bilge, mephitis, and stewing oil.

The genus Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks, which has two species and a North American distribution.

Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura)

Mephitis macroura (on-line), Animal Diversity Web.

The nose pad (20 mm wide by 25 mm long) is about three times wider than that of Mephitis mephitis.

The skunks of Martha's Vineyard are of the species Mephitis mephitis.

Common predators of Green-winged Teal include humans, skunks (Mephitis and Spilogale spp.)

The odor with which this creature, truly named Mephitis, can overpower its assailants is truly AWFUL.

Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Raccoons (Procyon lotor) and striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) may also capture young.

Mephitis mephitis, the striped skunk species, is the most social skunk and the one most commonly domesticated.

It can be distinguished from the similar striped skunk (M. mephitis) by its longer tail and longer, much softer coat of fur, and larger tympanic bullae.

S. mephitisi - skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Predators that take nestlings include raccoon, badger (Taxidea taxus), skunks (Mephitis and Spilogale spp.)

The name of the family and of the most common genus (Mephitidae, Mephitis) means "stench", while Spilogale putorius means "stinking spotted weasel".

In Roman mythology, Mefitis (or Mephitis; Mefite in Italian) was the personification of the poisonous gases emitted from the ground in swamps and volcanic vapors.

Close by was a temple of the goddess Mephitis, with a cave from which suffocating vapors rose, and for this reason the place was brought into connection with the legends of the infernal regions.