Badger vs. Raccoon

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.

Raccoonnoun

A nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor.

Raccoonnoun

Any mammal of the genus Procyon.

Raccoonnoun

Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.

Raccoonnoun

Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.

Raccoonnoun

A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.

Raccoonnoun

the fur of the North American racoon

Raccoonnoun

an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America

Raccoon

The raccoon ( or US: (listen), Procyon lotor), sometimes called the common raccoon to distinguish it from other species, is a medium-sized mammal native to North America. It is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in), and a body weight of 5 to 26 kg (11 to 57 lb).