Badg·er, n.
1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (Meles meles or Meles vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea taxus or Taxidea Americana or Taxidea Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.
2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
Badger dog. Zool. See Dachshund.
Taxidea taxus
n : a variety of badger native to America [syn: American badger]