taxidea taxus
NounSynonyms:
American badger
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a variety of badger native to AmericaSynonyms: American badgerType of badgerMember of Taxidea, genus Taxidea
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“taxidea taxus” is listed under Badger.
Badg′er noun
Origin: OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See Badge,noun
1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (Meles meles or Meles vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea taxus or Taxidea Americana or Taxidea Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.
2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
Badger dog. Zoology See Dachshund.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54