| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| aardvark |
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| SYLLABICATION: | aard·vark |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ärd värk |
| NOUN: | A burrowing mammal (Orycteropus afer) of southern Africa, having a stocky, hairy body, large ears, a long tubular snout, and powerful digging claws. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete Afrikaans : aarde, earth (from Middle Dutch aerde; see er-2 in Appendix I) + vark, pig (from Middle Dutch varken; see porko- in Appendix I).
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