Word Study
aardvark
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aardvark has 1 sense
- aardvark(n = noun.animal) ant bear, anteater, orycteropus afer - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata; Array is a kind of eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
is a member of genus orycteropus, orycteropus
CIDE DICTIONARY
aardvark, n. [D., earth-pig.].
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus (Orycteropus afer ), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It is a nocturnal ungulate , burrows in the ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile, slimy tongue. It is the sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aardvark, n. a nocturnal mammal of southern Africa, Orycteropus afer, with a tubular snout and a long extendible tongue, that feeds on termites. Also called ant-bear, earth-hog.
Etymology
Afrik. f. aarde earth + vark pig
For further exploring for "aardvark" in Webster Dictionary Online
