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单词 aardvark
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
aard•vark /ˈɑrdˌvɑrk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Mammalsa large African mammal having a piglike snout and long sticky tongue for feeding on ants and termites.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
aard•vark  (ärd′värk′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mammalsa large, nocturnal, burrowing mammal, Orycteropus afer, of central and southern Africa, feeding on ants and termites and having a long, extensile tongue, strong claws, and long ears.
  • Dutch aardvarken, equivalent. to aarde earth + varken pig; see farrow1
  • Afrikaans erdvark
  • 1825–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
aardvark /ˈɑːdˌvɑːk/ n
  1. a nocturnal mammal, Orycteropus afer, the sole member of its family (Orycteropodidae) and order (Tubulidentata). It inhabits the grasslands of Africa, has long ears and snout, and feeds on termites
    Also called: ant bear
Etymology: 19th Century: from obsolete Afrikaans, from aarde earth + varken pig
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