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aardvark

[ahrd-vahrk] / ˈɑrdˌvɑrk /
NOUN
nocturnal animal
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The show’s bespectacled title character is a gentle 8-year-old aardvark who spreads the joy of getting along with others.

From Salon • May 18, 2025

People have examined aardvark DNA in the past for studies of mammalian evolution, but never across wild populations.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023

The pup “is very active, and was using her sharp claws to dig like an adult aardvark, just hours after her birth,” the lead wildlife care specialist Cari Inserra said.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2022

“She is very active, and was using her sharp claws to dig like an adult aardvark, just hours after her birth,” lead wildlife care specialist Cari Inserra said in the statement.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2022

During the preacher’s sermon, she drew a picture of an aardvark and passed it back to me.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley