Etymology

earth pig

Today it means: The aardvark. Full definition →

Afrikaans aardvark
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  1. Afrikaans · calque ofaardvark
  2. English todayearth pig

Calque of Afrikaans aardvark (literally “earth-pig”), equivalent to earth + pig.

Words from the same roots

Afrikaansaardvark all →

aardvark

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.