aardvark

noun
🔊/ˈɑːdvɑːk/
🔊/ˈɑːrdvɑːrk/
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  1. an animal from southern Africa that has a long nose and tongue and that eats insects土豚(非洲食蚁兽)Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from South African Dutch, from aarde ‘earth’ + vark ‘pig’.