2 sentences with 'mephitis'

Example sentences and phrases with the word mephitis and other words derived from it.

• « Since mephitis is Latin for "noxious emanation", Mephitis mephitis must mean that the animal is doubly stinky. »

• « There I found out that skunks are common throughout the United States, and that the species most commonly found in basements is the striped skunk, whose scientific name is Mephitis mephitis. »