what is another name for a badger?
Hi Old English names: Of these names, “brock” (derived from the Celtic broc ) is perhaps the most well known, living on in the name of these Badger Pages, in the name of the Badger Group that the Badger Pages are named after, and also in numerous place names across Britain, including Brockhampton, Brockhall, Brockton, and Broxbourne. The other old English names – pate, grey, bawson and badget (the latter being Norfolk dialect) have largely fallen into disuse. Scientific name: Meles is the Latin for badger – this was the first of the badgers to be given a scientific name. Other languages. Arabic: greira or gureire. Armenian: prsuk. Catalan: el teix. Chinese: Gou-huan, huan-zi The Chinese name for the badger is said to mean “the sweet-potato pig” Croatian: jazavac. Czech: jezevec lesn. Danish: graevlinger. Dutch: de das. Esperanto: Erazia melo. Estonian: mger. Finnish: myr French: le blaireau. German: der (Europaischer) Dachs. Hebrew: geereet. Hungarian: borz. Irish Gaelic: an broc. Ital
