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Definition of Conepatus
1. Noun. A genus of Mustelidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Mustelidae, Mustelidae
Member holonyms: Badger Skunk, Conepatus Leuconotus, Hog-nosed Skunk, Hognosed Skunk, Rooter Skunk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conepatus
Literary usage of Conepatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. conepatus ... IS92. Collected by
FB Armstrong. Original number 70. conepatus ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"The two first named differ not at all in their dental formulae, while conepatus
has usually been considered as lacking the minute first premolar present in ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1865)
"In Mephitis and conepatus it is short and broad; in Mephitis the inner lobe has
a conical tubercle, and in conepatus it has a long, marginal, semilunar one. ..."
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