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Plural of badger

regular plural

The plural of badger is badgers.

Forms of badger

Singularbadger /ˈbæd͡ʒə/
Pluralbadgers
Countablecountable

Badgers in a sentence

  • There are in fact records of Honey badgers being stung to death in their quest for this much-relished source of food.2008, Lee Gutteridge, The South African Bushveld: A Field Guide from the Waterberg, page 97. From the entry honey badger
  • Dungeness: The branch to the nuclear power station at Dungeness has been temporarily out of use because badgers have undermined the trackbed.2026 July 22, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 1066, page 21. From the entry undermine
  • Lions and leopards have been known to kill and eat honey badgers, but on the whole, they will give them a wide berth.2007, Ross Piper, Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals, page 48. From the entry honey badger
  • Raccoon, ringtail (civet), coyotes, badgers, bobcat, fox, and skunk were all hunted or trapped for furs throughout the settled portions of the Aravaipa area.1991, Diana Hadley, Peter Warshall, Don Bufkin, Environmental Change in Aravaipa, 1870–1970: An Ethnoecological Survey, Arizona State…. From the entry civet

Meaning of badger

  1. noun Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
  2. noun A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
  3. noun A brush made of badger hair.

Full definition of badger

Questions about the plural of badger

What is the plural of badger?
The plural of badger is badgers.
Is badger countable?
Badger is a countable noun.

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