porco-da-terra

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Portuguese

porco-da-terra

Etymology

Literally, pig of the earth. Calque of Afrikaans aardvark (aardvark, literally earth pig), from aarde (earth) + vark (pig).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: por‧co‧da‧ter‧ra

Noun

porco-da-terra m (plural porcos-da-terra, feminine porca-da-terra, feminine plural porcas-da-terra)

  1. aardvark (mammal)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo