aardvark
Other forms: aardvarks
An aardvark is an African mammal with a long, flexible snout; rabbit-like ears; and powerful, shovel-like claws. Aardvarks are insectivores, meaning they primarily eat insects.
Some people call aardvarks "antbears" due to their diet of social insects like ants and termites. While aardvarks resemble badgers or small pigs, they are related to neither: Aardvarks are the only living species in the order Tubulidentata. These nocturnal animals dig for food at night and use their long, sticky, worm-like tongue to extract insects from deep tunnels. The word aardvark comes from Afrikaans Dutch, literally meaning "earth-pig," a combination of aard, "earth," and vark, "pig."
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nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentatasynonyms: Orycteropus afer, ant bear, anteatertype of:eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammalmammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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Vocabulary lists containing aardvark
Explore the world of animals with this collection of words that will make you go hog wild! From aardvarks to zebras, it's sure to be more fun than a barrel full of monkeys! Here are links to our lists in the collection: List 1, List 2, List 3, A Vocabulary Bestiary
Explore the world of animals with this list of words that will make you go hog wild! From aardvarks to zebras, it's sure to be more fun than a barrel full of monkeys!
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