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† mouffette Nat. Hist. Obs. Also 8 moufette, moufete. [a. F. moufette (Buffon), mofette, mouffette: see mofette.] Any one of the fetid American skunks of the genus Mephitis.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. II. 304 The Weasel kind..comprehends..all the varieties of the American Moufettes. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 673/1 The animals which he allows to be common to both countries are, the Mexican hog, the moufete, the opossum [etc.]. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 443/1 The mouffettes..are likewise a genus peculiar to the New World. 1868Nat. Encycl. I. 615. |