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Definition of aardvark in English: aardvarknoun ˈɑːdvɑːkˈɑrdˌvɑrk A nocturnal badger-sized burrowing mammal of Africa, with long ears, a tubular snout, and a long extensible tongue, feeding on ants and termites. Orycteropus afer, the only member of the family Orycteropidae and order Tubulidentata Also called antbear Example sentencesExamples - Aardvarks can travel as far as 16 km a night, visiting termite mounds.
- All the animals had gathered there - giraffes, hippos, antelope, buffalo, warthogs, zebras, aardvarks, hyenas, mongooses, storks and weaver birds.
- An aardvark's tear membrane protects its eyes against termite bites.
- Like a little aardvark discovering a termite mound, her tiny nose twitched ecstatically.
- If the soil is too hard, aardvarks will move to areas where the digging is easier.
- They also sometimes roost in the burrows of other mammals such as hedgehogs, porcupines, and aardvarks.
- Also, the aardvark is reported to eat wild cucumbers in addition to ants and termites.
- Local school children have been involved in making masks for the 50 animals, from aardvarks to zebras.
- I'm off now to look up Dallas Zoo on the internet, and find out if they have aardvarks.
- David's light caught the long-eared hump-backed shape of an aardvark, lumbering ahead of us at a steady trot.
Origin Late 18th century: from South African Dutch, from aarde 'earth' + vark 'pig'. Definition of aardvark in US English: aardvarknounˈɑrdˌvɑrkˈärdˌvärk A nocturnal burrowing mammal with long ears, a tubular snout, and a long extensible tongue, feeding on ants and termites. Aardvarks are native to Africa and have no close relatives. Orycteropus afer, the only member of the family Orycteropidae and order Tubulidentata Also called ant bear Example sentencesExamples - Local school children have been involved in making masks for the 50 animals, from aardvarks to zebras.
- Aardvarks can travel as far as 16 km a night, visiting termite mounds.
- Like a little aardvark discovering a termite mound, her tiny nose twitched ecstatically.
- Also, the aardvark is reported to eat wild cucumbers in addition to ants and termites.
- All the animals had gathered there - giraffes, hippos, antelope, buffalo, warthogs, zebras, aardvarks, hyenas, mongooses, storks and weaver birds.
- If the soil is too hard, aardvarks will move to areas where the digging is easier.
- I'm off now to look up Dallas Zoo on the internet, and find out if they have aardvarks.
- An aardvark's tear membrane protects its eyes against termite bites.
- They also sometimes roost in the burrows of other mammals such as hedgehogs, porcupines, and aardvarks.
- David's light caught the long-eared hump-backed shape of an aardvark, lumbering ahead of us at a steady trot.
Origin Late 18th century: from South African Dutch, from aarde ‘earth’ + vark ‘pig’. |