Monday, February 23, 2004
After several days intensive research prompted by the aforementioned honey badger debate, I can now reveal the true adjective for badger-like: MELINE
Early inquiries had erroneously suggested: MUSTELINE, but that refers only to weasels and their ilk. A second (fascinating) source had strangely omitted the humble badger despite apparently being complied from the OED. Finally a lowly dead tree copy of the Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, combined with a thorough grasp of mammalian taxonomy came up trumps. Confirmation of this came from the Wikitionary. I believe my tenacity in clawing up this rare word could well be described as MELINE.
Early inquiries had erroneously suggested: MUSTELINE, but that refers only to weasels and their ilk. A second (fascinating) source had strangely omitted the humble badger despite apparently being complied from the OED. Finally a lowly dead tree copy of the Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, combined with a thorough grasp of mammalian taxonomy came up trumps. Confirmation of this came from the Wikitionary. I believe my tenacity in clawing up this rare word could well be described as MELINE.
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