badger
noun
any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
badgers
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pluralof badger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof badger (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
badgernounany of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
Example Sentences
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I took a mat next to the American black bears and American badgers, only slightly jealous that the mats next to the large-scale walrus diorama were taken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The lakes region Mr. Hoffman describes as “magnetic and mercurial” is home to bears, wolves, badgers, otters and a surprising variety of other creatures, yet their ways of life are being threatened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Possibilities, subject to a public consultation, include badgers and otters as well as frogs, hedgehogs, barn owls and newts.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
The proposed openings in the wall, about the size of a piece of paper, would provide passage for animals like bobcats, badgers and even female mountain lions and their young.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
AH round the panelled walls there were ancient paintings of departed badgers, famous in their day for scholarship or godliness, lit from above by shaded glow-worms.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
