teledun.
/ˈtɛlᵻduː/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌdu/ An Indonesian carnivore, Mydaus javanensis (family Mephitidae), which resembles a small badger but is related to the skunks. Also called stink badger, stinking badger, stinkard.
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stinkard1843
stinking badger1888
1822 T. S. Raffles in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13 251 Mephitis Javanensis Desm. Telagu of the Malays.
1824 T. Horsfield Zool. Res. Java The entire neighbourhood of a village is infected by the odour of an irritated Tĕlĕdu.
1906 E. Ingersoll Life Animals: Mammals 176 Two related animals of the East are the teledu, or stinking badger, a small nocturnal burrower of Java and Sumatra..and the large, long-snouted, piglike sand badgers.
1965 D. Morris Mammals 292 The Teledu is well able to defend itself by means of the offensive secretions of its large anal glands.
2011 J. P. Rafferty Carnivores vi. 164 Stink badgers consist of two species, the Malayan stink badger (Mydaus javanensis), also called the skunk badger or teledu, and the Palawan, or Calamanian, stink badger (M. marchei).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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