teledu (plural teledus)
A stink badger, a mammal endemic to the island of Java, Mydaus javanensis.
• (Mydaus javanensis): Indonesian stink badger, Javan stink badger, Malay stink badger, Sunda stink badger, stinking badger
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Source: Wiktionary
Tel"e*du, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
