"Meles meles" shine sunan kimiyya ga bajajen Turai, dabbar dabbar dabbar dare wacce ta fito daga Turai, yammacin Asiya, da sassan Afirka. Kalmar "meles" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Helenanci don badger, kuma "meles meles" shine sunan binomial na nau'in. An san lambar baja ta Turai don fitattun fuskar sa mai launin baki da fari, ƙarfin tono mai ƙarfi, da halayyar zamantakewa. A wasu al'adu, ana ɗaukar badger alama ce ta ƙarfin hali da azama.