Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fetid badgers, of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Melinæ.; including the stinking badger of Java, or Javanese skunk, M. javanensis or M. meliceps. See
teledu .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The teledu.
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- noun The
teledu .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek μυδάω (mudaō, "be clammy or damp").
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Examples
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(_ictides_), the coati (_nasua_), the paradoxure (_paradoxurus_), and even the curious little teledu of Java (_mydaus_).
Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850
frogapplause commented on the word mydaus
A genus of fetid badgers, of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Melinæ.; including the stinking badger of Java, or Javanese skunk, M. javanensis or M. meliceps.
Fetid badgers? Stinking badgers?
October 28, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word mydaus
Yes! See teledu (also called stinkard).
October 28, 2010