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cete

[seet]
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noun
  1. a number of badgers together.
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Origin of cete

1400–50; late Middle English, of obscure origin; perhaps variant of Middle English cite city, a usage suggested by similarity of Middle English forms for borough and burrow
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Historical Examples

  • A badger's earth or warren is properly and generally called a "set" or "cete."

    The Badger

    Alfred E. Pease

  • The Cete are all predaceous, fish, pelagic crustaceans, and especially squids and cuttlefishes forming their principal food.

British Dictionary definitions for cete

cete

noun
  1. a group of badgers
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Word Origin

C15: perhaps from Latin coetus assembly, from coīre to come together
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