aardvarken

Dutch edit

Orycteropus afer

Etymology edit

From aarde +‎ varken. Originally South African Dutch.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈaːrtˌfɑr.kə(n)/
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Hyphenation: aard‧var‧ken

Noun edit

aardvarken n (plural aardvarkens, diminutive aardvarkentje n)

The aardvark, Orycteropus afer [from 1779]

Descendants edit

Afrikaans: aardvark
- → English: aardvark

Further reading edit

aardvarken on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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