Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Aard-wolf

Aard-wolf (ard"wolf) , noun

[D, earth-wolf]

(Zoology) A carnivorous, striped, quadruped mammal (Proteles cristata, formerly Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. It feeds chiefly on insects. See Proteles.