Today the only dog-like hyena is Africa’s termite-eating aardwolf.
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Aardwolf
//ˈɑːdˌwʊlf//
Synonyms for "aardwolf" (14 found)
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81 translations across 65 languages.
Afan Oromo
1 entries- golloo noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Afrikaans
2 entries- aardwolf noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- erdwolf noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Amharic
1 entries- ቀመር ዥብ noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Arabic
2 entries- ذِئْب الأَرْض noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- عِسْبَار noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Armenian
1 entries- հողագայլ noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yer canavarı noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Basque
1 entries- lur otso noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Belarusian
1 entries- воўк земляны noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Breton
1 entries- protel noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- земен вълк noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Catalan
1 entries- pròteles noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 土狼 noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 土狼 noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Czech
2 entries- hyena cibetková noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- hyenka hřivnatá noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Danish
1 entries- jordulv noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Dutch
2 entries- aardwolf noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- maanhaarjakhals noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Esperanto
1 entries- protelo noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Estonian
1 entries- tsiibethüään noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Finnish
1 entries- maasusi noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
French
2 entries- loup fouisseur noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- protèle noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Galician
2 entries- lobo de terra noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- prótele noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Georgian
1 entries- მიწის მგელი noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
German
1 entries- Erdwolf noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Greek
1 entries- άαρντ-γουλφ noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Hebrew
1 entries- צְבוֹעוֹן noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Hindi
1 entries- कीटभक्षी लकड़बग्घा noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Hungarian
1 entries- cibethiéna noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Icelandic
1 entries- jarðúlfur noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Indonesian
1 entries- serigala bumi noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Irish
1 entries- faolchú talún noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Italian
1 entries- protele noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Japanese
2 entries- アードウルフ noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- 土狼 noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Kazakh
1 entries- топырақ қасқыры noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Korean
1 entries- 땅늑대 noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Latvian
1 entries- zemesvilks noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Lithuanian
2 entries- urvinė hiena noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- žeminis vilkas noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Malay
1 entries- serigala bumi noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Mongolian
1 entries- шороон цөөвөр чоно noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- gurgê axî noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- keftarê axî noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- jordulv noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- jordulv noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Occitan
1 entries- protèla noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Oromo
1 entries- golloo noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Persian
1 entries- گرگ خاکی noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Polish
2 entries- protel noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- protel grzywiasty noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Portuguese
2 entries- lobo-da-terra noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- protelo noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Romanian
1 entries- lupul de pământ noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Russian
1 entries- земляно́й волк noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zemni vuk noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- земни вук noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Sicilian
1 entries- proteli noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Slovak
1 entries- hyena cibetovitá noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Slovene
2 entries- pižmova hijena noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- zemeljski volk noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Spanish
2 entries- lobo de tierra noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- proteles noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Swahili
1 entries- fisi mdogo noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Swazi
1 entries- ingci noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Swedish
1 entries- jordvarg noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Tatar
1 entries- җир бүресе noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Telugu
1 entries- ఆర్డ్వుల్ఫ్ noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Turkish
2 entries- böcekçil sırtlan noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- yerkurdu noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Ukrainian
1 entries- земляни́й вовк noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chó sói đất noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Volapük
1 entries- talalup noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Welsh
2 entries- blaidd daear noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
- daearflaidd noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Yiddish
1 entries- ערדוואָלף noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
Zulu
1 entries- isínci noun (the mammal Proteles cristatus)
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