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zorillo

zorillo noun: striped skunk.

Noun

zorillo (plural zorillos)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Striped skunk
    • We saw also a couple of Zorillos, or skunks,--odious animals, which are far from uncommon. In general appearance the Zorillo resembles a polecat, but it is rather larger, and much thicker in proportion. Conscious of its power, it roams by day about the open plain, and fears neither dog nor man. If...1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume (please specify...

Forms of zorillo

pluralzorillos

Origin of zorillo

From Spanish zorrillo (“skunk”).

Questions about zorillo

What does zorillo mean?
Zorillo means striped skunk.
What part of speech is zorillo?
Zorillo is a noun.
What is the plural of zorillo?
The plural of zorillo is zorillos.

Words near zorillo in the dictionary

  1. zoril
  2. zorilla
  3. zorillas
  4. zorille
  5. zorilles
  6. zorillo
  7. zorillos
  8. zorils
  9. zorino
  10. zoris
  11. Zorislav

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