BADGER

Badger

Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae which also includes the otters, polecats, weasels and wolverines. The 11 species of badger are grouped in three subfamilies: Melinae, Mellivorinae and Taxideinae . The Asiatic stink badgers of the genus Mydaus were formerly included within Melinae, but recent genetic evidence indicates these are actually members of the skunk family, placing them in the taxonomic family Mephitidae.

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badger

Noun

  1. A common name for any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and '''' (American badger).
  2. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
  3. A brush made of badger hair.
  4. A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

Verb

  1. To pester, to annoy persistently.
    He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
  2. To pass gas; to fart.


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