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Brock

(Science: zoology) a badger. Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. (B. Jonson)

Origin: as. Broc, fr. W. Broch; akin to ir. & gael. Broc, corn. & Armor. Broch; cf. Ir. & gael. Breac speckled.

(Science: zoology) a brocket.

See: Brocket.