Translingual

Proper noun

Mephitidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – the skunks and the stink badgers.

Hypernyms

• (family): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Conepatus, Mephitis, Spilogale (skunks); Mydaus (stink badgers) - genera