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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

They then used the genetic information to infer aardvark distribution and movement across the landscape.

From Science Daily Dec. 18, 2023

That was different from some of the other offers he’d received to bring his popular aardvark character to TV.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 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

“I’m not the only one wondering what it would look like if a rat and an aardvark mated, right?”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

"Our initial findings suggest that climate change will increase habitat fragmentation and limit gene flow for aardvarks, particularly where precipitation is expected to decrease and temperature increase," Epps said.

From Science Daily Dec. 18, 2023

A team of researchers recently analyzed the longevities and lifestyles of nearly 1,000 species of mammals, ranging from aardvarks to zebras.

From Scientific American Jan. 31, 2023

I haven’t had any encounters with aardvarks, although I think there may be one that lives in an apartment across the street.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2022

There are only 66 aardvarks in zoos across Europe and a mere 109 in zoos worldwide, Chester Zoo said.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2022

Human latrines, like those of aardvarks, may have been a testing ground of the first unconscious crop breeders.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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