Sentence examples for mephitis from inspiring English sources

The term skunk, however, refers to more than just the well-known striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis).

Genetic data, however, suggest placement of skunks in their own family, Mephitidae (mephitis being Latin for "bad odour").

By the early Nineties, however, books on Larkin's letters and his unpublished verses had transformed him into "a fuddled Scrooge and bigot, his singlet-clad form barely visible through a mephitis of alcohol, anality, and spank magazines".