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Bill Badger in the Bill Badger series (1957–1969) by Denys Watkins-Pitchford [12] Boomer Badger from the magazine Ranger Rick. Brock the Badger in The Epic of Brock the Badger (1960) by Henry Williamson [7] Brock the Badger in Yours Ever, Sam Pig by Alison Uttley [10] Brock and his family from E. H. Shepard's Ben and Brock [8]
A male badger is a boar, a female is a sow, and a young badger is a cub. A badger's home is called a sett. [9] Badger colonies are often called clans. The far older name "brock" (Old English: brocc), (Scots: brock) is a Celtic loanword (cf. Gaelic broc and Welsh broch, from Proto-Celtic *brokko) meaning 'grey'. [7]
However, in North America the young are usually called kits, while the terms male and female are generally used for adults. A collective name suggested for a group of colonial badgers is a cete, [10] but badger colonies are more often called clans. A badger's home is called a sett. [11]
The badger Tommy Brock with the stolen bunnies. Mr. Tod, a fox, and Tommy Brock, a badger, are both troublesome neighbours and "disagreeable people." Mr. Tod owns a number of homes around the wood. Whenever he moves from one house to another, Tommy Brock moves in to the vacated premises, without permission.
The quintessential honey badger behavior transcends typical issues like back-talk or sibling squabbles; these kids have been observed intervening in harassment, fearlessly standing up to strangers ...
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This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]