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  • noun Plural form of badger.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badger.

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Examples

  • "We know from figures released in 2007 that the prevalence of TB in Welsh badgers is around

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  • Flynn supported the perma tanned one but not as much as his PPA Jessica "Stuck the knife if into Ron "badgers" Davies...."

    Archive 2008-01-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

  • Although we regard it primarily as a pest of human beings it often occurs very abundantly on cats, dogs, mice and rats as well as on some wild mammals such as badgers, foxes and others and has occasionally been found on birds.

    Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane

  • • The cull complies with the international Bern convention, which promotes the protection and wildlife such as badgers

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Steven Morris 2010

  • Terriers were originally used for hunting small quarry such as badgers, rats and rabbits.

    Dog Magazine dot net - Home of K9 Magazine 2009

  • The researcher, who identified the food type of wolves through their faeces, emphasises to SINC that "in 87. 1% of cases the carcasses of wild hoofed animals appeared, while domestic animals were only found in 11. 3%, and, to a lesser extent, the remains of carnivorous animals, such as badgers, dogs, cats and rabbits were found".

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The researcher, who identified the food type of wolves through their faeces, emphasises to SINC that "in 87. 1% of cases the carcasses of wild hoofed animals appeared, while domestic animals were only found in 11. 3%, and, to a lesser extent, the remains of carnivorous animals, such as badgers, dogs, cats and rabbits were found".

    innovations-report 2009

  • Other species such as badgers also showed high usage.

    innovations-report 2008

  • Other species such as badgers also showed high usage.

    innovations-report 2008

  • Other species such as badgers also showed high usage.

    innovations-report 2008

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