A skunk, a bushy-tailed mammal that sprays a foul odor when threatened. Depicted in full profile on all fours facing left, with black hair and its distinctive white stripe running from its head down to a curled-up tail.
Google’s original skunk design bore a humorously haughty air.
Skunk was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 and added to Emoji 12.0 in 2019.
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