| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| aardwolf |
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| SYLLABICATION: | aard·wolf |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ärd w lf |
| NOUN: | A mammal (Proteles cristatus) native to southern and eastern Africa that resembles the hyena, has gray fur with black stripes, and feeds mainly on termites and insect larvae. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Afrikaans : aarde, earth (from Middle Dutch aerde; see er-2 in Appendix I) + wolf, wolf (from Middle Dutch; see w kwo- in Appendix I).
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