mephitis

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I know that a skunk's Latin name is Mephitis mephitis, and that skunks should not be confused with polecats.

From SAT Tests

Azote is one of the most abundant elements; combined with caloric it forms azotic gas, or mephitis, which composes nearly two thirds of the atmosphere.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

Instantly a cone of black mephitis shot forth, a loathsome, bituminous stream of putrefaction that reeked of the grave and the cesspool, of the utmost reaches of decay before the dust accepts the disintegrated atoms.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 by Bates, Harry

The odor of corruption, the saeva mephitis, has by this time exhaled.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

Potash   potash Effervescing or aërated fixed vegetable alkali, mephitis of potash.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine