aardvark
Definitions
The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
Equivalents
33 more languages
አማርኛጃርት
العربيةخِنْزِير اَلْأَرْض
Catalàporc formiguer
Cymraeggrugarth
Danskjordsvin
Ελληνικάμυρμηγκοφάγος
Esperantoorikteropo
Eestituhnik
Gaeilgearcán talún
עבריתשֶׁנַּבּוּב
Magyarföldimalac
Íslenskajarðsvín
Italianooritteropo
日本語土豚
Қазақ тілітүтіктіс
한국어땅돼지
Latinaorycteropus
Bahasa Melayuardvark
Maltiorikteropu
Nederlandsaardvarken
Русскийтрубкозу́б
Svenskajordsvin
Kiswahilimhanga
Setswanathakadu
Türkçeyer domuzu
Українськатрубкозуб
Yorùbáafeimojo
isiZuluisambane
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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