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aardwolf

aardwolf

See also: aard-wolf

English

aardwolf

Noun

aardwolf ‎(plural aardwolves)

The nocturnal, insectivorous, mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Related terms

aardvark

Translations

the mammal species Proteles cristatus

Afrikaans: aardwolf (af) m, erdwolf (af)
Arabic: ذِئْب الأَرْض m ‎(ḏiʾb al-ʾarḍ), عِسْبَار m ‎(ʿisbār)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 土狼 (zh) ‎(tǔláng)
Czech: hyena cibetková f
Dutch: aardwolf (nl) m, maanhaarjakhals m
Esperanto: protelo
Estonian: tsiibethüään
Finnish: maasusi (fi)
French: protèle (fr) m
German: Erdwolf (de) m
Hungarian: cibethiéna (hu)
Italian: protele

Japanese: アードウルフ ‎(ādourufu), 土狼 ‎(つちおおかみ, tsuchiōkami)
Korean: 땅늑대 ‎(ddangneukdae)
Navajo: chʼosh yighání
Persian: کفتار (fa) ‎(kaftâr)
Polish: protel m
Portuguese: protelo (pt) m
Romanian: lupul de pământ m
Russian: земляно́й волк m ‎(zemljanój volk)
Spanish: lobo de tierra m, proteles m
Vietnamese: chó sói đất

See also

Proteles

Afrikaans

Etymology

From aarde ‎(“earth, soil”) +‎ wolf.

Noun

aardwolf ‎(plural aardwolwe)

An aardwolf

Related terms

aardvark

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Afrikaans aardwolf.

Noun

aardwolf m ‎(plural aardwolven, diminutive aardwolfje n)

aardwolf

Related terms

aardvarken n