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   Badger, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See Badge,n.]
   1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus.  It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet.  One species (Meles meles or Meles vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea taxus or Taxidea Americana or Taxidea Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America.  See Teledu.
   
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   2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
   
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   Badger dog. (Zool.) See Dachshund.
   
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   Brock (), n. [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zool.) A badger.
   
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   Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. B. Jonson.
   
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   Brock, n. [See Brocket.] (Zool.) A brocket.  Bailey.
   
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   Brocket (brŏkˈĕt), n. [OE. broket, F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).]
   1. (Zool.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.
   
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   2. (Zool.) A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, Coassus rufus, and Coassus auritus).
   
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