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minus-squaresupersquirrellinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 天前ah, so “vark” is much like “dog” in english when it is used in animal names like “prairie dog”! thanks for explaining! I was gonna say “pig-wolf” sounds kind of goofy but it is actually pretty precise in behavioral desciption then isn’t it?
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 天前Should be noted that “aard” means “ground/earth”
minus-squareflora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-215 小时前Interesting, doesn’t ard also mean “ground/earth” in Arabic? Maybe one of those words that made into the indo-german languages by the Arabic conquest?
ah, so “vark” is much like “dog” in english when it is used in animal names like “prairie dog”!
thanks for explaining!
I was gonna say “pig-wolf” sounds kind of goofy but it is actually pretty precise in behavioral desciption then isn’t it?
Should be noted that “aard” means “ground/earth”
Interesting, doesn’t ard also mean “ground/earth” in Arabic? Maybe one of those words that made into the indo-german languages by the Arabic conquest?
…by contrast to airwolf…
Thank you