mephitis

An offensive smell; a stench.

A poisonous or foul-smelling gas emitted from the earth.

A pestilential exhalation, especially from the earth; any noxious or ill-smelling emanation, as from putrid or filthy substances; a noisome or poisonous stench.

[capitalized] [NL.] A genus of skunks, typical of the subfamily Mephitinæ.

Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.

A genus of mammals, including the skunks.

A poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth

A distinctive odour that is very unpleasant.

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth