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HOG-NOSED BADGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hog-nosed badger mean?
• HOG-NOSED BADGER (noun)
The noun HOG-NOSED BADGER has 1 sense:
1. southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig
Familiarity information: HOG-NOSED BADGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arctonyx collaris; hog-nosed badger; hog badger; sand badger
Hypernyms ("hog-nosed badger" is a kind of...):
badger (sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere)
Holonyms ("hog-nosed badger" is a member of...):
Arctonyx; genus Arctonyx (a genus of Mustelidae)
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