hog badger

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hog badger

n
(Animals) a SE Asian badger, Arctonyx collaris, with a piglike mobile snout. Also called: sand badger
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Noun1.hog badger - southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pighog badger - southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig
Arctonyx collaris, hog-nosed badger, sand badger
badger - sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Arctonyx, genus Arctonyx - a genus of Mustelidae
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