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noun

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plural of badger

as in foxes

the pelt or fur of a badger The boutique features a variety of scarfs, including badger, fox, and ermine.

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verb

present tense third-person singular of badger

as in teases

to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders He's always badgering me about the dishes.

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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026 Dachshunds are clever hunters, bred hundreds of years ago in Germany to sniff out badgers. —

Mindy Schauer, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026 The Eastern Colorado prairie was once carpeted with a mix of hardy grasses, flowering plants, and small shrubs that supported great herds of bison and pronghorn, abundant prairie dog colonies, predators like coyotes, foxes, and badgers, as well as numerous bird species, reptiles, and insects. —

Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026 The land abutting the Pinto Mountains Wilderness is also home to badgers, bighorn sheep and Mojave fringe-toed lizards. —

Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026 Lundberg’s confidence reflects that of his players, who’ve been instilled with the vision of being honey badgers. —

John Wawrow, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026 Her worries grow when a group of badgers takes over the Rabbit School and steals the Egg. —

Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026 Sargent Ranch is home to badgers, deer, hawks and other animals, serving as a key wildlife corridor between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo and Gabilan mountain ranges. —

Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026 This American groundhog tradition apparently started with German immigrants recalling the spring emergence of badgers and hedgehogs in the old country. —

Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026

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Like the Smokies, Allegheny National Forest boasts its own impressive roster of wildlife, including black bear, deer, foxes, wild turkeys, salamanders, beavers, and snowshoe hare.

— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
Its trio, a lonely fox-deer, an axolotl apprentice healer and a red panda Viking, travel through a darkening natural world as the series folds identity, belonging and environmental crisis.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 1 June 2026