honey badger

noun

ratel.

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Origin of honey badger

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby honey badger

honesty box, honesty is the best policy, honewort, honey, honey ant, honey badger, honey bear, honey bucket, honey bun, honey buzzard, honey creeper
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Example sentences from the Web for honey badger

  • But there are no cages at Senga, and only the honey-badger lives in a tub with a chain round his neck, like a bull-dog.

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British Dictionary definitions for honey badger

honey badger

noun

another name for ratel
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