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What is an aardwolf?

What is an aardwolf? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The nocturnal, insectivorous, mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
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We also collected termites from their mounds to feed the meerkats and aardwolf as a treat.
The aardwolf is so ugly even his mother would not be proud of him.
The aardwolf is a undoubted termite specialist, lapping up exposed workers assembled along foraging trails.
For other animals that are called wolves but do not belong to the genus Canis, see maned wolf, aardwolf, and Tasmanian wolf.
The aardwolf, family Hyaenidae, is sometimes called a maned, or gray, jackal.
Sheep had been killed on this farm and one day the owner saw the aardwolf beside a sheep carcass.

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