Meaning of aardvark | Babel Free
ˈɑːd.vɑːkDefinitions
The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
Equivalents
አማርኛ
ጃርት
العربية
خِنْزِير اَلْأَرْض
Català
porc formiguer
Cymraeg
grugarth
Dansk
jordsvin
Deutsch
Erdferkel
Ελληνικά
μυρμηγκοφάγος
Esperanto
orikteropo
Español
cerdo hormiguero
Eesti
tuhnik
Français
oryctérope
Gaeilge
arcán talún
עברית
שֶׁנַּבּוּב
Magyar
földimalac
Íslenska
jarðsvín
Italiano
oritteropo
日本語
土豚
Қазақша
түтіктіс
한국어
땅돼지
Latina
orycteropus
Bahasa Melayu
ardvark
Malti
orikteropu
Nederlands
aardvarken
Русский
трубкозу́б
Svenska
jordsvin
Kiswahili
mhanga
Setswana
thakadu
Türkçe
yer domuzu
Українська
трубкозуб
Yorùbá
afeimojo
IsiZulu
isambane
Examples
“The aardvark burrows in the ground and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.”
“If ‘aardvark lover’ has that syntactic structure, then it determinately means “lover of aardvarks.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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