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Alternative spellings
aard-vark

Etymology
Af. from aarde, earth, and vark, pig; hence "earth-pig". Early European colonists in South Africa noticed that the animal was similar to a pig, while "aarde" hints at the animal's habit of burrowing. The word was loaned from Af. in the late 18th century.

Pronunciation
i|RP IPA|/��dv��k/

Noun
en-noun

1. zoology A mammal, Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
2. slang|particularly in the southeast|_|US A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.

#: I walked into the wrong bathroom like a total aardvark.

Synonyms
African anteater
antbear, ant bear or ant-bear
anteater
earth pig

Translations
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Afrikaans: erdvark; aardvark#Afrikaans|aardvark (obsolete)
Bengali: �র�ডভার��
Bavarian: erdfàggi
Bulgarian: м�аво�д (mravojad) m
Catalan: porc formiguer m
Chinese: �� (t�tún)
Czech: hrabá� kapský (hrabá� takaru) m
Danish: jordsvin n
Dutch: aardvarken n
Esperanto: orikteropo, orikteropo terporko
Estonian: tuhnik
Finnish: maasika#Finnish|maasika
French: oryctérope m
German: Erdferkel n
Hebrew: שנ��� m
Hungarian: földimalac
Interlingua: orycteropo
Irish: arcán talún g|Irish
Italian: oritteropo m
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Japanese: ���� (tsuchibuta), ���� (arikui)
Korean: ��� (ddangdwaeji)
Latin: orycteropus m
Limburgish: eerdverke
Lithuanian: vamzdžiadan�iai g|Lithuanian
Lojban: rikteropu
Maltese: orikteropu m
Narom: couochon d'tèrre|couochon d�tèrre m
Norwegian: jordsvin n
Persian: FAchar|خ�ک خاک� (khuk-e khaki)
Polish: mrównik m, prosi� ziemny|ziemne n
Portuguese: oricterope, porco-da-terra m, jimbo m, porco-formigueiro m, timba f, timbo m, aardwark m
Russian: ���бкоз�б (trubkozúb) m
Scottish Gaelic: aardvark g|Scottish Gaelic
Spanish: cerdo hormiguero m
Swahili: mhanga (nc 1/2)
Swedish: myrslok c, jordsvin n
Turkish: aardvark
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Category:Mammals

Afrikaans

Etymology
From D.|af.

Noun
aardvark

1. obsolete|lang=af #English|aardvark

Usage notes
This word is obsolete; the extant form is erdvark.

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