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What is an aardvark?

What is an aardvark? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [First attested in the late 18th c.]
  2. (slang, particularly in the southeast US) A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.
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These include the shrews, some moles, some bats, the striped skunk, the pinniped carnivores, toothed whales, the aardvark, and murid rodents.
David's light caught the long-eared hump-backed shape of an aardvark, lumbering ahead of us at a steady trot.
In contrast, the order Tubulidentata is represented by a single living species, the aardvark.
It often shelters in enlarged aardvark burrows, which it enters backward so as to be able to defend itself.
Also, the aardvark is reported to eat wild cucumbers in addition to ants and termites.
The girl turned like a frightened aardvark, still holding the cromorne in her hand.

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