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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A carnivorous mammal (Mellivora capensis) of Africa and Asia, having short legs and a thick coat that is dark below and whitish above. Also called honey badger.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A carnivorous quadruped of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Mellivorinæ as Mellivora capensis or M. ratellus. the honey-ratel of the Cape of Good Hope, and M. indica, that of India; a honey-badger. See Mellivora, and cut in next column.
  2. n. See rotl.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A carnivorous mammal, Mellivora capensis, found in Africa and some parts of Asia; the honey badger

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) Any carnivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also honey badger.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia

Etymologies

  1. Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch, rattle, honeycomb (either from its cry or its taste for honey). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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