mephitis

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I know that a skunk's Latin name is Mephitis mephitis, and that skunks should not be confused with polecats.

From SAT Tests

The odor of corruption, the saeva mephitis, has by this time exhaled.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

Come along with me, and get the mephitis blown out of you.

From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George

Potash   potash Effervescing or aërated fixed vegetable alkali, mephitis of potash.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

Azote is one of the most abundant elements; combined with caloric it forms azotic gas, or mephitis, which composes nearly two thirds of the atmosphere.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine