aardvark

listen to the pronunciation of aardvark
English - Turkish
borudişli
karınca yiyen

Yer domuzları normalde karınca yiyenlerle karıştırılır. - Aardvarks are normally confused with anteaters.

yerdomuzu

Yerdomuzunun başlıca gıdası termitlerdir. - The aardvark's principal food is termites.

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Güney Afrika'da yaşayan, karınca yiyerek beslenen dört ayaklı ve uzun dilli bir hayvan
(isim) yerdomuzu
English - English
The mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa

The aardvark burrows in the ground and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders

I walked into the wrong bathroom like a total aardvark.

nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
n animal
Animal commonly referred to as an "ant-eater "
1: a large burrowing nocturnal African mammal that has extensile tonge, powerful claws, large ears, and heavy tail and feeds on ants and termites 2: first multi-character word in Webster's Seventh Collegiate Dictionary 3: an example for OpenSpirit document writers (This entry, not the aardvark!)
Animal commonly referred to as an "ant-eater " Does not run off of batteries
It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa
A mammal, Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue
a large animal from southern Africa that has a very long nose and eats small insects. or African ant bear Heavily built mammal (Orycteropus afer) of sub-Saharan forests and plains. Its stout, piglike body ("aardvark" is Afrikaans for "earth pig") may be as long as 6 ft (1.8 m), including a 2-ft (60-cm) tail. It has a long snout, rabbitlike ears, short legs, and long toes with large, flattened claws. It feeds at night by ripping open ant and termite nests and lapping up the insects with a long (1-ft, or 30-cm), sticky tongue. Though not aggressive, it uses claws to fight off attackers. Its classification with regard to other mammals is uncertain
{i} nocturnal African mammal which feeds on ants and termites

Related Terms

aardvarks
plural of aardvark
aardvark

    Hyphenation

    aard·vark

    Turkish pronunciation

    ärdvärk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈärdˌvärk/ /ˈɑːrdˌvɑːrk/

    Etymology

    [ 'ärd-"värk ] (noun.) 1827. Afrikaans from aarde (“earth”), and vark (“pig”); hence "earth-pig". 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. The word was loaned from Afrikaans in the late 18th century.
Favorites
More...
Clear