Associations to the word «Aardvark»

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Wiktionary

AARDVARK, noun. 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.]
AARDVARK, noun. (slang) (particularly in the southeast US) A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.

Dictionary definition

AARDVARK, noun. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats