Taxidea taxus
    n 1: a variety of badger native to America [syn: American
         badger, Taxidea taxus]

Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in
   reference to the white mark on its forehead. See Badge,n.]
   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.
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   2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
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   Badger dog. (Zool.) See Dachshund.
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