aardwolf

English

aardwolf

Wikipedia

Etymology

Afrikaans, from Dutch aarde (“earth, soil”) + wolf (“wolf”). Used in English since the nineteenth century.

Noun

aardwolf (plural aardwolves)

1. The insectivorous mammal species Proteles cristatus, of South Africa, related to and resembling the hyena and having an erectile crest.

Related terms

• aardvark

Translations

the mammal species Proteles cristatus

Afrikaans: aardwolf m., erdwolf (af) Chinese: Mandarin: 土狼 (zh) (tǔláng) Dutch: aardwolf (nl) m. Estonian: tsiibethüään Finnish: maasusi (fi) French: protèle (fr) m. German: Erdwolf (de) m. Italian: protele (it)

Japanese: アードウルフ (ja) (ādo-urufu) Korean: 땅늑대 (ko) (ttangneukdae) Navajo: chʼosh yighání Persian: کفتار (fa) (kaftâr) Portuguese: lobo-da-terra (pt) m. Romanian: lupul de pământ (ro) m. Russian: земляной волк (ru) (zemljanój volk) m. Spanish: lobo de tierra (es) m., proteles (es) m. Vietnamese: chó sói đất

See also

• Proteles

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch, from aarde (“earth, soil”) + wolf.

Noun

aardwolf (plural aardwolwe)

1. An aardwolf

Related terms

• aardvark

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From aarde (“earth, soil”) +‎ wolf.

Noun

aardwolf m. (plural aardwolven, diminutive aardwolfje)

1. aardwolf

Related terms

• aardvark n.