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 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]