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  • noun An aardvark.

Etymologies

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From earth +‎ pig.

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Examples

  • (gazelles) and earthpig (pangolins) and porcupines, and he made more nets, and every net he made was better, and he grew well, and became

    Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881

  • And so after a time he tried to make a net like the spider’s, out of bush rope, and he did this thing and put his net into the forest, and caught bush deer (gazelles) and earthpig

    Travels in West Africa 2003

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