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ratel.

honey badger (Mellivora capensis, a mustelid of Africa, Arabia and India)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁaˈtɛw/Brazil[haˈtɛʊ̯]Brazil/ʁaˈtɛw/Rio-de-Janeiro[χaˈtɛʊ̯]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. honey badger (Mellivora capensis, a mustelid of Africa, Arabia and India)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Afrikaans ratel, itself a shortening of Dutch rateldas, formed (in South Africa) from (dialectal) ratel (“honeycomb”) + das (“badger”).

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