Definitions for aardvark

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aardvark aard·vark

Spelling: [ahrd-vahrk]

IPA: /ˈɑrdˌvɑrk/

Aardvark is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in aardvark (aaadkrrv).

Definitions for aardvark

noun

1. a large, nocturnal, burrowing mammal, Orycteropus afer, of central and southern Africa, feeding on ants and termites and having a long, extensile tongue, strong claws, and long ears.

Origin of aardvark

1825-35; Afrikaans erdvark Dutch aardvarken, equivalent to aarde earth + varken pig; see farrow¹

Examples for aardvark

The name ant-eater is also given to the pangolins and to the aardvark.

XG Ventures has invested in over 45 companies with fifteen exits, including such companies as Tapulous, Posterous, and aardvark.

They got him in the hole like an aardvark, with a bush over the mouth, so you couldn't see it.

Ed Markey (D-MA) appeared with Arthur the aardvark, the star of the PBS show Arthur, to promote funding for public broadcasting.