Lexic.us

Definition of Sand badger

1. Noun. Southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Badger

Literary usage of Sand badger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"See SAND-BADGER. BALISTA, or BALLISTA, a machine used in military operations by the ancients for hurling heavy missiles, thus serving in some degree the ..."

2. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"The sand badger (Arctonyx-collaris) is a yellowish animal, larger than the common Badger and looking very much like a small bear. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"Bali saur, bal-ï-sa'oor (Hindu, balloo- soor), the sand-badger of India, ... See SAND-BADGER. Balis'ta, or Ballista, a machine used in military operations ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Several closely related species belong to the Asiatic fauna, where, also, are other relatives of different genera. The sand badger, or ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"See SAND-BADGER. BALISTA, or BALLISTA, a machine used in military operations by the ancients for hurling heavy missiles, thus serving in some degree the ..."

6. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"The sand badger (Arctonyx-collaris) is a yellowish animal, larger than the common Badger and looking very much like a small bear. ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"Bali saur, bal-ï-sa'oor (Hindu, balloo- soor), the sand-badger of India, ... See SAND-BADGER. Balis'ta, or Ballista, a machine used in military operations ..."

8. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Several closely related species belong to the Asiatic fauna, where, also, are other relatives of different genera. The sand badger, or ..."

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