cete
Example Sentences
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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
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 Weir, Harrison
A badger's earth or warren is properly and generally called a "set" or "cete."
From The Badger A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E.
The knychtis al out of the cete roß 988 Of melyholt, and to the ſemble gois.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
