What in the world is a badger?

Answer 1

An American mammal that is strangely rhythmic. They have an uncanny ability to bob in an almost dancing way.

Answer 2

It is a small mammal. Wisconsin's college team is the Badgers, named after the state animal. I've seen them a couple of times in the wild. They are nasty growling animals, but tend to run and hide.

Answer 3

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Definitions of badger on the Web:

* tease: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
* Wisconsinite: a native or resident of Wisconsin
* sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
* persuade through constant efforts
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* Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: the same mammal family as the ferrets, the weasels, the otters, and several other types of carnivore. There are 9 species of badger, in three subfamilies: Melinae (the Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae, (the Ratel or Honey Badger), and Taxidinae (the American Badger). ...
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* Norbert Sykes is the Badger, a comic book character whose adventures were published by four companies from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He was created by Mike Baron, who wrote all his adventures, with the exception of four issues written by Roger Salick, and a guest-appearance in Coyote which was written by Steve Englehart.
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* A Badger was, in English, a term of uncertain derivation (possibly derived from bagger, in allusion to the hawker's bag) for a dealer in food, such as grain or victuals (more expressly, fish, butter or cheese), which he has purchased in one place and brought for sale to another place; an itinerant dealer, corresponding to the modern hawker or huckster.
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* Badger is a fictional character in the BBC Scottish drama TV series Monarch of the Glen. Badger is played by Scottish actor Angus Lennie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger_(Monarch)

* The Badger was a comic book series created by writer Mike Baron in 1982.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger_(comic_book)

* (Bad'-ger) A mammalian animal found in England and on the Continent. It is often used in heraldry. It is sometimes called a gray and also a brock.
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* A type of hair coloring that consists of a fine blending of brown, grey, black, and white.
www.crazyfordogs.com/glossary/glossary.shtml

* A grayish-brown color that may be mixed with a few dark hairs (Great Pyrenees, Sealyham Terriers). Color definitions may vary by breed. Always check the breed standard for the definitive color description.
www.bestfriendspetcare.com/dog_glossary/dog-terms-B.cfm

* This word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6, etc. The tabernacle was covered with badgers’ skins; the shoes of women were also made of them (Ezek. 16:10). Our translators seem to have been misled by the similarity in sound of the Hebrew tachash_ and the Latin _taxus, “a badger.” The revisers have correctly substituted “seal skins. ...
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* to torment as if baiting a badger; nag at
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* A shy individual afraid of public speaking, Badger is a friend of Beaver and Skunk, and uses crutches to get around.
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Answer 4

Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: the same mammal family as the ferrets, the weasels, the otters, and several other types of carnivore. There are 8 species of badger, in three subfamilies: Melinae (the Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae, (the Ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (the American badger). The Asiatic stink badgers of the genus Mydaus were formerly included in the Melinae, but recent genetic evidence indicates that these are actually Old World relatives of the skunks (family Mephitidae).

Typical badgers (Meles, Arctonyx, Taxidea and Mellivora species) are short-legged and heavy-set. The lower jaw is articulated to the upper, by means of a transverse condyle firmly locked into a long cavity of the cranium, so that dislocation of the jaw is all but impossible. This enables the badger to maintain its hold with the utmost tenacity.

Badgers are the largest indigenous carnivores in the United Kingdom. They are known to grow to a metre in length, but never more than 50 cm tall.

Badgers are popular in English language fiction. Many badger characters are featured in author Brian Jacques' Redwall series, most often falling under the title of Badger Lord or Badger Mother. One such badger contains 'Brock' in his name. Other stories featuring badgers include The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975 movie), The Tale of Mr. Tod, The Wind in the Willows, The Once and Future King, The Animals of Farthing Wood, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Book of Merlyn, and The Chronicles of Narnia. In the Harry Potter series, one of the four Houses, Hufflepuff, is symbolized by a badger. The character Frances in Russell Hoban's series of children's books is a badger. They also appear prominently in two volumes of Erin Hunter's Warriors: The New Prophecy series.

The most prominent poem on the badger is from the Romantic period's John Clare. "Badger" describes a badger hunt, complete with badger-baiting, and treats the badger as a noble creature who dies at the end.

The U.S. State of Wisconsin is known as the "Badger State," and the mascot of the University of Wisconsin is the badger.

Brock University of St.Catharines, Ontario also has the badger as its mascot.

any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
2. the fur of this mammal.
3. Australian. a. a wombat.
b. bandicoot (def. 2).

4. (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Wisconsin (the Badger State) (used as a nickname).
5. a swablike device for cleaning excess mortar from the interiors of newly laid tile drains.
–verb (used with object) 6. to harass or urge persistently; pester; nag: I had to badger him into coming with us.
Any of several carnivorous burrowing mammals of the family Mustelidae, such as Meles meles of Eurasia or Taxidea taxus of North America, having short legs, long claws on the front feet, and a heavy grizzled coat.
The fur or hair of this mammal.
Any of several similar mammals, such as the ratel
To harass or pester persistently. See Synonyms at harass
a native or resident of Wisconsin [syn: Wisconsinite]
2. sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

verb
1. annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [syn: tease]
2. persuade through constant efforts
this word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6, etc. The tabernacle was covered with badgers' skins; the shoes of women were also made of them (Ezek. 16:10). Our translators seem to have been misled by the similarity in sound of the Hebrew _tachash_ and the Latin _taxus_, "a badger." The revisers have correctly substituted "seal skins." The Arabs of the Sinaitic peninsula apply the name _tucash_ to the seals and dugongs which are common in the Red Sea, and the skins of which are largely used as leather and for sandals. Though the badger is common in Palestine, and might occur in the wilderness, its small hide would have been useless as a tent covering. The dugong, very plentiful in the shallow waters on the shores of the Red Sea, is a marine animal from 12 to 30 feet long, something between a whale and a seal, never leaving the water, but very easily caught. It grazes on seaweed, and is known by naturalists as Halicore tabernaculi.

What does BADGER stand for?
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Answer 5

A heavily built nocturnal omniverous mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat and a white striped head (Meles meles in Eurasia and Taxidea taxus in North America).

Answer 6

A badger is a mamel about the size and shape of a skunk.

Answer 7

it is a rather bad tempered carnivore belonging to the same animal family as the weasels and ferrets- it is about the same size as a beaver and has a tendency to fight rather than flee in the face of danger.

Answer 8

An animal. See link.
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/taxitaxu.htm

Answer 9

one mean little mammal

Answer 10

a type of beaver or muskrat that is carniverous with sharp teeth.