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Etymology
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Borrowed from Afrikaans aardwolf.
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aardwolf (plural aardwolves or aardwolfs)
- A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 108:Today the only dog-like hyena is Africa’s termite-eating aardwolf.
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the mammal Proteles cristatus
- Afan Oromo: golloo (om),
- Afrikaans: aardwolf (af), erdwolf (af)
- Amharic: ቀመር ዥብ m (ḳämär žəb)
- Arabic: ذِئْب الأَرْض m (ḏiʔb al-ʔarḍ), عِسْبَار m (ʕisbār)
- Armenian: հողագայլ (hy) (hoġagayl)
- Azerbaijani: yer canavarı
- Basque: lur otso
- Belarusian: воўк земляны m (voŭk zjemljany)
- Breton: protel m
- Bulgarian: земен вълк m (zemen vǎlk)
- Catalan: pròteles m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 土狼 (tou2 long4)
- Mandarin: 土狼 (zh) (tǔláng)
- Czech: hyena cibetková f, hyenka hřivnatá f
- Danish: jordulv c
- Dutch: aardwolf (nl) m, maanhaarjakhals m
- Esperanto: protelo
- Estonian: tsiibethüään (et)
- Finnish: maasusi (fi)
- French: protèle (fr) m, loup fouisseur (fr) m
- Galician: lobo de terra m, prótele m
- Georgian: მიწის მგელი (mic̣is mgeli)
- German: Erdwolf (de) m
- Greek: άαρντ-γουλφ m (áarnt-goulf)
- Hebrew: צְבוֹעוֹן m (tzevo'on)
- Hindi: कीटभक्षी लकड़बग्घा m (kīṭbhakṣī lakaṛbagghā)
- Hungarian: cibethiéna (hu)
- Icelandic: jarðúlfur m
- Indonesian: serigala bumi
- Irish: faolchú talún m
- Italian: protele m
- Japanese: アードウルフ (ja) (ādourufu), 土狼 (つちおおかみ, tsuchiōkami)
- Kazakh: топырақ қасқыры (topyraq qasqyry)
- Korean: 땅늑대 (ttangneukdae)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: gurgê axî m, keftarê axî m
- Latvian: zemesvilks m
- Lithuanian: urvinė hiena f, žeminis vilkas m
- Malay: serigala bumi
- Manx: filliu thallooin m
- Mongolian: шороон цөөвөр чоно (šoroon cöövör čono)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: jordulv m
- Nynorsk: jordulv m
- Occitan: protèla f
- Oromo: golloo (om)
- Persian: گرگ خاکی (gorg xâki)
- Polish: protel (pl) m
- Portuguese: protelo (pt) m, lobo-da-terra (pt) m
- Romanian: lupul de pământ m
- Russian: земляно́й волк (ru) m (zemljanój volk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: земни вук m
- Roman: zemni vuk m
- Sicilian: proteli m
- Slovak: hyena cibetovitá f
- Slovene: pižmova hijena f, zemeljski volk m
- Spanish: lobo de tierra m, proteles m
- Swahili: fisi mdogo class 9/10
- Swazi: ingci (ss) class 9/10
- Swedish: jordvarg (sv) c
- Tatar: җир бүресе (cir bürese)
- Telugu: ఆర్డ్వుల్ఫ్ (ārḍvulph)
- Ukrainian: земляни́й вовк m (zemljanýj vovk)
- Vietnamese: chó sói đất
- Volapük: talalup
- Welsh: blaidd daear m, daearflaidd m
- Zulu: isínci class 7/8
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