aardwolf
A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, having yellowish fur with vertical black stripes,…A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal (Proteles cristatus), having yellowish fur with vertical black stripes, and a long mane down the midline of the neck and back; it is related to and resembles the hyena, and is native to eastern and southern Africa.
Meaning
1 sensesA nocturnal, insectivorous mammal (Proteles cristatus), having yellowish fur with vertical black stripes, and a long mane down the midline of the neck and back; it is related to and resembles the hyena, and is native to eastern and southern Africa.
Erdwolf
земляно́й волкzemljanój volk
земляни́й вовкzemljanýj vovk
- striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from South African Dutch aardwolf (whence Afrikaans aardwolf), from aard- (prefixBorrowed from South African Dutch aardwolf (whence Afrikaans aardwolf), from aard- (prefix meaning ‘earth’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”), probably from the fact that the animal rests in burrows in the ground during the day) + wolf (“wolf”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”)), influenced by English wolf (the second element of aardwolf is pronounced like that word, and one plural form is aardwolves; the Dutch plural form is aardwolven).
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Forms
plural: aardwolvesSynonyms
6 synonyms- striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects:Proteles cristata