1. (

• mephitis

) a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth ;

2. (

• malodor ,
• malodour ,
• stench ,
• stink ,
• reek ,
• fetor ,
• foetor ,
• mephitis

) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant ;

3. (

• Mephitis ,
• genus_Mephitis

) in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae ;