
hog-nosed skunk [hawg-nohzd, hog-] noun
- Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
- Also called conepati. any similar New World skunk of the genus Conepatus.