Definition of Ferret badger

1. Noun. Small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia.

Generic synonyms: Badger
Group relationships: Genus Melogale, Melogale

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferret Badger

ferratin
ferredoxin
ferredoxin-NADP reductase
ferredoxin-nitrite oxidoreductase
ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase
ferredoxins
ferrel
ferreled
ferreling
ferrelled
ferrelling
ferrels
ferreous
ferret
ferret-eye
ferret badger (current term)
ferret out
ferreted
ferreter
ferreters
ferreting
ferretings
ferretlike
ferrets
ferretto
ferrety
ferri-
ferriable
ferriage
ferriages

Literary usage of Ferret badger

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... but can also climb trees. They feed on small mammals, birds, reptiles and insects, and are partial to honey. In the Indo-Malay ferret-badger, ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"Among the carnivores, grizzly and black bears, the puma, wildcat, wolverine, otter, marten, fisher, long- tailed weasel, black-footed ferret, badger, ..."

3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1906)
"Soc. London 1905, i, pp. 22-26, figg. [Primate».] 49. . Notes on the anatomy of the Ferret-Badger, ..."

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