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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aard-vark \Aard"-vark`\ ([aum]rd"v[aum]rk`), n. [D., earth-pig.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An edentate mammal, of the genus {Orycteropus}, somewhat
resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It
burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it
catches with its long, slimy tongue.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
aardvark
n : nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that
feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the
order Tubulidentata [syn: {ant bear}, {anteater}, {Orycteropus
afer}]
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