Collective noun

cete

What do you call a group of badgers?

a cete of badgers

Used for
1 subject
Categories
Animals
Subcategories
Mammals
Type
Specific
Best confidence
high

Definition

  1. A group of badgers; the warren of a group of badgers.

Other senses of the word: cete on Wiktionary

Usage as a collective noun

a cete of badgers

Book of St AlbansObsolete
Subject
badger (badgers)
Category
Animals → Mammals
Confidence
high
Attestation
historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
8 sources
  1. Wikipedia - List of animal names
  2. Oxford Dictionaries - What do you call a group of ...?
  3. Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?
  5. Oxford University Press - AskOxford: B
  6. Wiktionary - cete
  7. Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
  8. Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules

Related words

Other groups of badgers

clancolony