Vocabulary : Skull to Skunktop

Skull : A school, company, or shoal. ;; The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. See Illusts. of Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial, and of Skeleton, in Appendix. ;; The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind. ;; A covering for the head; a skullcap. ;; A sort of oar. See Scull.
Skullcap : A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection. ;; Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised. ;; The Lophiomys.
Skullfish : A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.
Skulpin : See Sculpin.
Skun : See Scum.

Skunk : Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense. ;; In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
Skunkball : The surf duck.
Skunkhead : The surf duck. ;; A duck (Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and pied duck.
Skunkish : Like the skunk, especially in odor.
Skunktop : The surf duck.

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