Badger vs. Beaver

Badgernoun

Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).

Badgernoun

A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.

Badgernoun

(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.

Badgernoun

A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

Badgernoun

(obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

Badgerverb

To pester, to annoy persistently.

Badgerverb

To pass gas; to fart.

Badgernoun

An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; - formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

Badgernoun

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.

Badgernoun

A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.

Badgerverb

To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.

Badgerverb

To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

Badgernoun

sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

Badgerverb

annoy persistently;

Badgerverb

persuade through constant efforts

Badger

Badgers are short-legged omnivores mostly in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, polecats, weasels, and ferrets), but also with two species called in the related family Mephitidae (which also includes the skunks). Badgers are a polyphyletic grouping, and are not a natural taxonomic grouping: badgers are united by their squat bodies, adapted for fossorial activity.

Beavernoun

A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet.

Beavernoun

A hat, of various shape, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.

Beavernoun

The pubic hair and/or vulva of a woman.

Beavernoun

The fur of the beaver.

Beavernoun

Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.

Beavernoun

A brown colour, like that of a beaver.

Beavernoun

a man who wears a beard

Beavernoun

A specialized part of a helmet designed to protect the lower face.

Beavernoun

An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.

Beavernoun

The fur of the beaver.

Beavernoun

A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.

Beavernoun

Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.

Beavernoun

A man's beard.

Beavernoun

The hair on a woman's pubic area; - vulgar.

Beavernoun

A woman; - vulgar and offensive.

Beavernoun

A person who works enthusiastically and diligently; - used especially in the phrase eager beaver.

Beavernoun

That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.

Beavernoun

the soft brown fur of the beaver

Beavernoun

a full beard

Beavernoun

a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with beaver or silk

Beavernoun

a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face

Beavernoun

a hat made of beaver fur or similar material

Beavernoun

large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges

Beaververb

work hard on something

Beaver

Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus Castor native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the Eurasian beaver (C. fiber).