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cete

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cete  (st)
n.
A company of badgers. See Synonyms at flock1.
[Middle English, possibly from Medieval Latin cetus, assembly, from Latin coetus, a coming together, variant of coitus; see coitus.]
Cete a meeting or assemblage of badgers.
Examples: cete of badgers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486; of greys.


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