Phrase guide

American badger

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A badger of species Taxidea taxus, native to much of North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blaireau, braireau, brairo

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a variety of badger native to America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Taxidea taxus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: badger

History

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cahuilla: hunal — Taxidea taxus
  • Catalan: toixó americà — Taxidea taxus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 美洲獾 (mei5 zau1 fun1) — Taxidea taxus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美洲獾 (měizhōuhuān) — Taxidea taxus
  • Dutch: zilverdas — Taxidea taxus
  • Esperanto: taksideo — Taxidea taxus
  • Finnish: amerikanmäyrä — Taxidea taxus
  • French: blaireau d’Amérique — Taxidea taxus
  • Gabrielino-Fernandeño: huunar — Taxidea taxus
  • German: Silberdachs — Taxidea taxus
  • Hungarian: amerikai borz — Taxidea taxus
  • Italian: tasso argentato — Taxidea taxus
  • Japanese: アメリカアナグマ (Amerika anaguma) — Taxidea taxus
  • Classical Nahuatl: tlālcoyōtl — Taxidea taxus
  • Northern Paiute: hunana — Taxidea taxus
  • Portuguese: texugo-americano — Taxidea taxus
  • Russian: америка́нский барсу́к (amerikánskij barsúk) — Taxidea taxus
  • Spanish: tlalcoyote — Taxidea taxus
  • Swedish: nordamerikansk grävling — Taxidea taxus
  • Ute: huna — Taxidea taxus