Meaning

1 senses

  1. (nonstandard, rare)The aardvark.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. "Aardvark" comes from Afrikaans, and it literally means "earth pig".

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Origin

Calque of Afrikaans aardvark (literally “earth-pig”), equivalent to earth + pig.

Calque of Afrikaans aardvark (literally “earth-pig”), equivalent to earth + pig.

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Forms

plural: earth pigs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
earthhog

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
earringA2earshotearthA2earthenwareearthlingearthly
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