badger

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
badger/ˈbaʤə(r)/

▶noun a heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat and a white-striped head. [Meles meles (Eurasia) and Taxidea taxus (N. America).] ▶verb repeatedly and annoyingly ask (someone) to do something.

– origin C16: perh. from badge, with ref. to its distinctive head markings.

'badger' also found in these Oxford entries:

aardvark - badger-baiting - boar - brock - dachshund - dassie - earth - honey badger - ratel - sett

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