Definition of Taxidea

1. Noun. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Taxidea
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Mustelidae, Mustelidae
Member holonyms: American Badger, Taxidea Taxus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxidea

Taussig-Bing syndrome
Tausug
Tautoga
Tautoga onitis
Tautogolabrus
Tautogolabrus adspersus
Tavastian
Tavastians
Tavros
Tawara
Tawara's node
Tawe
Tawney
Taxaceae
Taxales
Taxidea (current term)
Taxidea taxus
Taxodiaceae
Taxodium
Taxodium ascendens
Taxodium distichum
Taxodium mucronatum
Taxol
Taxophytina
Taxopsida
Taxus
Taxus baccata
Taxus brevifolia
Taxus cuspidata
Taxus floridana

Literary usage of Taxidea

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

1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Taxidea americana. BM Grey, black- and white-varied; neck and beneath white; ... Taxidea americana, Baird, Mamm. NA p. 202; Gray, PZS 1865, List Mamm. BM p. ..."

2. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Taxidea, americana berlandieri TRUE, Proc. US Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), p. ... Taxidea taxus neglecta MILLER and REHN, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. ..."

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