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'skunk' is a perfectly acceptable word in written English
You can use it to refer to a type of small, black and white mammal that is known for its strong odor. For example, "The smell of the skunk filled the night air."
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skunk
noun
Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
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According to Heligan, a popular plant with visitors is the skunk cabbage.
Fundamentally, this does not do anything remarkable for a Czech pilsner, but it works thanks to its flavours: a distinctive herbal, "skunk weed" character from the saaz hops; fresh, citrusy notes; a final phase of sophisticated caramel sweetness with real elegance.
There's not a lot to see on the roadside except sheep, though you may catch sight of a fox, a guanaco (a camelid), or a choique (aka Darwin's rhea – like an emu), or the whiff of a skunk.
Where in the world would you locate a skunk works to foster the radical thinking needed?
Even tiny Hong Kong easily outperforms the rest of China, with 43 patents per million people; Taiwan does so overwhelmingly, with more than 250.So, where to place that game-changing skunk works?
Where else can one listen to a candidate for governor outline his farm programme in the morning, watch skunk racing in the afternoon, and listen to the rock band Sister Hazel in the evening?The state fair and the thousands of smaller county fairs are rooted in agriculture.
When ochlophonics fail, authorities there have been known to douse Palestinian protesters with "skunk bombs" of smelly liquid.Eyes are as vulnerable as ears and noses.
Meanwhile GDP growth has slowed sharply.In this section Whose skunk is it?
Clearly Mr O'Neill is the skunk at the Monterrey party.
BILL GATES seems to relish being the skunk at the garden party.
So far, Microsoft has kept its Xbox division at a "skunk works", at arm's length from the rest of the firm.
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