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noun, feminine

mofeta

/moˈfeta/

noun, feminine/moˈfeta/plural: mofetas

skunk

Synonyms: chingue, zorrillo, zorrino

Borrowed from Italian mofeta (“pestilential exhalation”) and moffetta (“skunk”), from Latin mephitis (“sulphurous exhalation”), from which English mephitic descended.