SKUNK


Meaning of SKUNK in English

/ skʌŋk; NAmE / ( NAmE also pole·cat ) noun

1.

a small black and white N American animal that can produce a strong unpleasant smell to defend itself when it is attacked

2.

( slang ) = skunkweed

IDIOMS

see drunk adjective

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from Abnaki segankw ; variants occur in many other American Indian dialects. Abnaki is a group of two extinct Algonquian languages..

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.