Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Mydaus ?

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mephitidae – the stink badgers of Indonesia etc.

English

Noun

mydaus ‎(plural not attested)

1. The teledu.
   • 1920, Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division, A manual of Netherlands India (Dutch East Indies)

     In Java there is a curious animal, the mydaus, intermediate between a pole-cat and a badger, which lives only on the high mountains, and has an offensive smell.