skunk
n. முடைவளிமா, முடைவளிபீற்றித் தப்பிக்கொள்ளும் இயல்புடைய பூனைவடிவக் காட்டுவிலங்கு வகை, முடைவளி மாவின் மென்மயிர்த்தோல், முடைநாற்றமுடையவர், வெறுக்கத்தக்கவர், கயவர்.
Skunk, n. Etym: [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zoöl.) Defn: Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense. Note: The common species of the Eastern United States (Mephitis mephitica) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white. Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird (Zoöl.), the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk. -- Skunk cabbage (Bot.), an American aroid herb (Symplocarpus foetidus) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves. It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called swamp cabbage. -- Skunk porpoise. (Zoöl.) See under Porpoise. Skunk, v. t. Defn: In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king. [Colloq. Defn: U. S.]