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AARD-VARK

Definition: AARD-VARK

AARD-VARK

Noun

1. An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Aard-vark \Aard"-vark`\ ([aum]rd"v[aum]rk`), noun. [D., earth-pig.]. (Websters 1913)

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Crosswords: AARD-VARK

English words defined with "AARD-VARK": Ant-eaterFodientiaOryctere. (references)

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Modern Translations: AARD-VARK

Language Translations for "aard-vark"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

aard-varkay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: AARD-VARK

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Orycteropodidae, Orycteropus afer. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: AARD-VARK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: aardvark.

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-k-r-r-v"

-3 letters: radar.

-4 letters: arak, dark, kava, vara.

-5 letters: ark, ava, dak, rad, var.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-k-r-r-v"
 

+1 letter: aardvarks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AARD-VARK


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 41 52 44 2D 56 41 52 4B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000001 01010010 01000100 00101101 01010110 01000001 01010010 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#65 &#82 &#68 &#45 &#86 &#65 &#82 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0041 0052 0044 002D 0056 0041 0052 004B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

353552381556355245

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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