badger
a kind of animal – mammal – medium sized burrowing animal related to weasels with black and white striped face, broad back, thick short legs and long claws on the front feet; 13-31 inches (33 -79 cm) long with a short tail measuring 4-7 inches (10-18 cm) with an average weight 17 Kg.; most active at night (nocturnal); mostly meat-eating but can eat fruit and roots
female ~~ sow
baby ~~ cub, kit
group ~~ cete, clan, colony
voice (call) ~~ bark, growl, scream
home ~~ sett or set
Its hair is used for making shaving and painting brushes, and in garments. Its meat is eaten in most parts of the world. In Australia the wombat and the bandicoot are called ‘badger’. It is popular in English fiction; may writers feature it in their stories.
badger (noun) = — the fur or hair of the badger; a person living in the State of Wisconsin (old usage) a hawker; a huckster, a person who bought grain in one place and sold it in another place 2. badger (verb) = to pester, harass; annoy continuously; nag (old usage) to beat down; to barter; to bargain 3. badger-box = a small house 4. badger-legged = (of someone) with one leg shorter than the other 5. to draw the badger = to attract or tempt an opponent to face public opposition 6. to overdraw (one’s) badger = to overdraw money from one’s bank account 7. (a) as blue as a badger = very sad (‘blue’ = sad, depressed) (b) as greasy as a badger (c) as grey as a badger (d) as wry as a badger (‘wry’ = showing dislike, lack of pleasure) 8. to smell like a badger’s touch-hole = (said of someone) to smell foul because of too much perfume 9. grizzling like a badger going to feast = being very happy (‘grizzling’ = grinning, snarling) 10. like a badger, one leg shorter than the other (said of someone whose gait, walking style, is different) 11. if the badger leaves his hole, the tod will creep into it = (‘tod’ = fox) [a piece of advice not to leave a place or person you care for] BC Kumar, an English Language Teacher, taught in numerous countries including Ethiopia, Oman and India, shares his knowledge and passion for the English Language.
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It is the state animal of Wisconsin, one of the States of the USA.
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