noun, masculine/θoˈriʝo/plural: zorrillos
skunk; a bad-smelling person; certain truck used in riot control to deliver tear gas
Synonyms: chingue, mofeta, zorrin, mapurite
Etymology tree Spanish zorro Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish zorrillo From zorro + -illo.