Plural: aardvarks
ETYM Dutch, earth-pig.
Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole surviving representative of the order Tubulidentata; SYN. ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer.
Nocturnal mammal Orycteropus afer, order Tubulidentata, found in central and southern Africa. A timid, defenseless animal about the size of a pig, it has a long head, piglike snout, and large asinine ears. It feeds on termites, which it licks up with its long sticky tongue.
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