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

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)

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