skunk

common name of mammals in the family Mephitidae
Taxon organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name Q43604020
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skunk

Summary

skunk is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. skunk ranks in the top 7% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,082 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • skunk's image is recorded as Striped Skunk.jpg[3].
  • skunk's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[4].
  • skunk's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85123249[5].
  • skunk's subclass of is recorded as Mephitidae[6].
  • skunk's Unicode character is recorded as 🦨[7].
  • skunk's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph867774[8].
  • skunk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • skunk's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[10].
  • skunk's different from is recorded as polecat[11].
  • skunk's uses is recorded as skunking[12].
  • skunk's has part is recorded as skunk fur[13].
  • skunk's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122nhytf[14].
  • skunk's Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as skunk[15].
  • skunk's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778641594[16].
  • skunk's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/16827[17].
  • skunk's KBpedia ID is recorded as Skunk[18].
  • skunk's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 02448346-n[19].
  • skunk's IMDb keyword is recorded as skunk[20].
  • skunk's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Mephitidae[21].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for skunk include skunk weed[22], a cultivar[23].

Why It Matters

skunk ranks in the top 7% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,082 views/month).[2] skunk has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] skunk is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for skunk include skunk weed[22], a cultivar[23].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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