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na | Скунс (Skuns); Vonyuchka |
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na | вонючка, скунс |
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na | скунс |
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na | skuns |
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Скунс (Skuns); Vonyuchka Explanation: Iz semeistva kunyich. Oba slova podkhodyat. Vonyuchka - eto ne epitet. Looked up in ABBYY Lingvo 6.0 Cheers! |
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вонючка, скунс Explanation: but also скунсовый мех and, in extension, подлец, подонок. Oxford Russian Dictionary |
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скунс Explanation: It's a very nice looking animal, but with a very unpleasant smell (sometimes)! |
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skuns Explanation: "Skuns" and never "vonyuchka" as the above suggest. The word is found in magor dictionaries and the second variant is extreamely obsolete if we speak about an animal and not about a human. good luck |
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