porco-da-terra
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Etymology
[edit]Literally, “pig of the earth”. Calque of Afrikaans aardvark (“aardvark”, literally “earth pig”), from aarde (“earth”) + vark (“pig”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: por‧co‧da‧ter‧ra
Noun
[edit]porco-da-terra m (plural porcos-da-terra, feminine porca-da-terra, feminine plural porcas-da-terra)
- aardvark (mammal)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo
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- Portuguese terms calqued from Afrikaans
- Portuguese terms derived from Afrikaans
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
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- pt:Mammals