‖ aard-wolf
(ˈɑːdwʊlf)
[a. Du. aard-wolf, applied to this animal in S. Africa, f. aarde earth + wolf.]
A South-African carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii St. Hil.), of the size of a fox, occupying an intermediate position between the dogs, hyenas, and civets.
| 1833 Penny Cyc. I. 4 The genus Proteles contains but a single species, the Aard-wolf or earth-wolf, so called by the European colonists in the neighbourhood of Algoa Bay in South Africa. 1847 Carpenter Zool. 198 The Aard-wolf (earth-wolf) is evidently the connecting link between the Hyænas and the Civets. |