Definitions
A nocturnal African mammal that feeds mainly on termites.
Word origin
Borrowed from Afrikaans aardvark (now rare), erdvark, from aarde (“earth”, from Middle Dutch aerde) + vark (“pig”, from Middle Dutch varken). Early European colonists in South Africa noticed that the animal was similar to a pig, while aarde hints at the animal's habit of burrowing.
Used in a sentence
“The aardvark burrows in the ground and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.”
“If ‘aardvark lover’ has that syntactic structure, then it determinately means “lover of aardvarks.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Nocturnal termite eater”8 letters
02“Antbear”8 letters
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