teledu

American  

[tel-i-doo] / ˈtɛl ɪˌdu /

noun

1. a small, dark-brown, badgerlike mammal, Mydaus javensis, of the mountains of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, having a white stripe down the back, and ejecting a foul-smelling secretion when alarmed.

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teledu British  

/ ˈtɛlɪˌduː /

noun

1. a badger, Mydaus javanensis, of SE Asia and Indonesia, having dark brown hair with a white stripe along the back and producing a fetid secretion from the anal glands when attacked

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Etymology

Origin of teledu

1815–25; < Sumatran Malay tələdu (spelling teledu )

Example Sentences

Seng-gung, seng′-gung, n. the teledu or Javan badger.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

All these animals—the Javanese teledu excepted—have long tails; some of them, in fact, being very long and very bushy—a characteristic altogether wanting to the bears, that can hardly be said to have tails at all.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist