Definitions for aardvarks

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aardvarks aard·vark

Spelling: [ahrd-vahrk]

IPA: /ˈɑrdˌvɑrk/

Aardvarks is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 124 anagrams from letters in aardvarks (aaadkrrsv).

Definitions for aardvarks

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 aardvarks

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

Examples for aardvarks

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

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

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

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