zoril

Variant of zorille

zorille definition

zor·ille or zoril zor′il (zôr′il, zär′-)

noun

a small, striped, black and white, musteline carnivore (Ictonyx striatus) of the drier parts of Africa: it looks and smells like the skunk

Etymology: Fr zorille < Sp zorilla, zorillo, dim. of zorra, zorro, fox

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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