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aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

It's not an aardvark. It's not a wolf. It's an aardwolf: a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa

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It's not an aardvark. It's not a wolf. It's an aardwolf: a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa

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Nothing to do with an aardvark - “aard” means “earth”. “Aardvark” translates to “earth pig.”
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  Earth as in dirt/ground. So Aardvark translates literally to Groundhog.

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