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mephitis

/muh-fahy-tis/US // məˈfaɪ tɪs //

肾炎,肾炎症,脑炎,肾脏炎

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
    • : any noisome or poisonous stench.

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Examples

  • "Mephitis," I gasped, and instantly put several feet more between us.

  • Visher (1914:91), however, reported that Spilogale was much commoner than Mephitis in the early part of the century.

  • The small mandibular ramus of a musteline referred by Dr. Roth to Mephitis suffocans, does not pertain to this genus and species.

  • Soon a woman ka-wate (mephitis) came along with a vase and a gourd for water.

  • Mephitis is, however, purely American wherever he comes from.