TAXIDEA TAXUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A variety of badger native to America

Synonyms:

American badger; Taxidea taxus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Taxidea taxus" is a kind of...):

badger (sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("Taxidea taxus" is a member of...):

genus Taxidea; Taxidea (in some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae)

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