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RATEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ratel mean?
• RATEL (noun)
The noun RATEL has 1 sense:
1. nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia
Familiarity information: RATEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
honey badger; Mellivora capensis; ratel
Hypernyms ("ratel" is a kind of...):
mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)
Holonyms ("ratel" is a member of...):
genus Mellivora; Mellivora (ratels)
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