Mephitis mephitis vs wood pussy

Mephitis mephitis and wood pussy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mephitis mephitis	Yes	No	No	No
wood pussy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wood pussy is a hypernym of Mephitis mephitis; that is, wood pussy is a word with a broader meaning than Mephitis mephitis:

Mephitis mephitis: most common and widespread North American skunk
wood pussy: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

Other hypernyms of Mephitis mephitis include polecat, skunk.

Mephitis mephitis (noun)	wood pussy (noun)
most common and widespread North American skunk	American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae