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badger

17 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) badger (noun)
  2. 2) badger (verb)
  3. badger baiting (noun)
  4. badger bird (noun)
  5. badger dog (noun)
  6. badger game (noun)
  7. badger skunk (noun)
  8. American badger (noun)
  9. Australian badger (noun)
  10. ferret-badger (noun)
  11. hog badger (noun)
  12. hog-nosed badger (noun)
  13. honey badger (noun)
  14. mountain badger (noun)
  15. rock badger (noun)
  16. sand badger (noun)
  17. stinking badger (noun)

1bad·ger

noun \ˈba-jər\

Definition of BADGER

1
a : any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere b : the pelt or fur of a badger
2
capitalized : a native or resident of Wisconsin —used as a nickname
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Origin of BADGER

probably from badge; from the white mark on its forehead
First Known Use: 1523

Other Mammals Terms

dormouse, dugong, gibbon, grimalkin, sable, stoat, ungulate, vole

Rhymes with BADGER

cadger

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