cete
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Or rather, a rampaging cete of ravenous badgers.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2013
Or, to take a rare opportunity to use the word, a cete of ravenous rampaging badgers.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2013
The feild is don and ham goith euery knycht, 1140 And prevaly, unwiſt of any wicht, The way the red knycht to the cete taiis, As he had hecht, and in his chambre gais.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
A badger's earth or warren is properly and generally called a "set" or "cete."
From The Badger A Monograph by Alfred E. Pease
Some were very curious, such as a skulk of foxes, a cete of badgers, a huske or down of hares, a nest of rabbits, and a clowder of cats, and a kindle of young cats.
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Harrison Weir
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