teledu

[ tel-i-doo ]

noun

1. a small, dark-brown, badgerlike mammal, Mydaus javensis, of the mountains of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, having a white stripe down the back, and ejecting a foul-smelling secretion when alarmed.

teledu

/ ˈtɛlɪˌduː /

noun

1. a badger, Mydaus javanensis, of SE Asia and Indonesia, having dark brown hair with a white stripe along the back and producing a fetid secretion from the anal glands when attacked

Word History and Origins

Origin of teledu¹

1815–25; < Sumatran Malay tələdu (spelling teledu )

Word History and Origins

Origin of teledu¹

C19: from Malay

Example Sentences

Teledu, tel′e-dōō, n. the stinking badger of Java.

From Project Gutenberg

Seng-gung, seng′-gung, n. the teledu or Javan badger.

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All these animals—the Javanese teledu excepted—have long tails; some of them, in fact, being very long and very bushy—a characteristic altogether wanting to the bears, that can hardly be said to have tails at all.

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