Synonyms & related words for aardvarks

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Words related to aardvarks

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Where does aardvarks come from?

The word aardvarks breaks down into 2 roots of Afrikaans origin: aard-, from Afrikaans aarde (“earth”); and -vark, from Afrikaans vark (“pig”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.