badger dog : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: badger dog	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for badger dog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
badger dog n small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows Synonym(s): dachshund, dachsie, badger dog
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M. vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or] Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dachshund \[d8]Dachs"hund`\, n. [G., from dachs badger + hund dog.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also {badger dog}. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.