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1. (n.) aardvark
a large burrowing African mammal, Orycteropus afer, having a piglike snout and long sticky tongue for feeding on ants and termites.
Etymology: (1825–35; < Afrik erdvark < D aardvarken=aardeearth+varken pig; see farrow1)
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1. (noun) aardvark, ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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