Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An omnivorous nocturnal mammal (Mydaus javanensis) found in mountainous regions on several Indonesian islands, having a blackish coat and white forehead and characteristically emitting an offensive odor when disturbed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The stinking badger of Java and Sumatra, Mydaus meliceps.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An East Indian carnivore (
Mydaus meliceps ) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called alsostinking badger , andstinkard .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mammal endemic to the island ofJava , taxonomic name Mydaus javanensis.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The Malay badger (_Mydaus meliceps_) is confined to the mountains of Java (where it is called the teledu), Sumatra and Borneo.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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This election will be about personal integrity NOT manifesto promises. teledu
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Anybody else notice the subliminal bolstering of New Labour in a raft of recent BBC programmes - even Empire of the Seas had lefty innuendo I noticed. teledu
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Thanks you, though, Fraser, my NoW quid each week is now one of the best I spend. teledu
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Not a nitwit whose only nautical accomplishment is whistling the Eton Boating Song. teledu
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The Brown case was very feeble especially on the decline of manufacturing and where Marr did nail him. teledu
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Am y tro, dwi'n mynd i gael gwydr o gwrw o flaen y teledu, cyn mynd i'r gwely'n gynnar.
Cynhadledd Plaid Cymru - Dydd Gwener, 11/09/2009 Dyfrig 2009
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Ar y funud, dwi wrthi'n trio llunio rhestr o destunau addas - sydd yn esgus perffaith i dreulio amser prin yn gwylio'r teledu.
Chwilio am raglenni a ffilmiau dogfen da Dyfrig 2009
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Ar ol yr haf, fe fydda i'n dysgu cwrs o'r enw "Drama a Dogfen" sydd yn edrych ar ddramau teledu, rhaglenni dogfen, a ffilmiau dogfen.
Chwilio am raglenni a ffilmiau dogfen da Dyfrig 2009
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Criticising the very existence of the EU is of course beyond the pale, as it was I imagine for the state in the former USSR. teledu
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