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mephitis
[ muh-fahy-tis ]
/ məˈfaɪ tɪs /
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noun
(in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
any noisome or poisonous stench.
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Origin of mephitis
1700–10; <Latin mephÄ«tis, mefÄ«tis; compare Oscan Mefit(eÃ) the goddess of such exhalations
Words nearby mephitis
mepacrine, meperidine, Mephibosheth, Mephistopheles, mephitic, mephitis, meprobamate, mEq, Mequon, -mer, Merak
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