| badger - Columbia Encyclopedia article about badger (534 words) |
 | badger, name for several related members of the weasel weasel, name for certain small, lithe, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae (weasel family). |
| The Old World badger, Meles meles, is found in Europe and in Asia N of the Himalayas; it is about 3 ft (90 cm) long, with a 4-in. |
| Badgers are classified in the phylum Chordata Chordata (kôrdā`tə,–dä`–), phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. |
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