aardvark

[Dut. aard earth; varken pig.] The name given at the Cape of Good Hope to an ant-eater, the Orycteropus capensis of Geoff. St. Hilaire. [ORYCTEROPUS.] a'-ard-wolf, s . [Dut. aard = earth, and wolf wolf.] The Dutch name of a digitigiade carnivorous animal, the Proteles Lalandia , from Caffraria, akin at once to the dogs, the hyænas, and the civets. [PROTELES.]