"aard-wolf" meaning in English

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          "text": "The size of the aard-wolf is about that of a full-grown fox, which it further resembles in its pointed muzzle; but it stands higher upon its legs, its ears are considerably larger and more naked, and its tail shorter and not so bushy. […] In its habits and manners the aard-wolf resembles the fox: like that animal it is nocturnal, and constructs a subterraneous burrow, at the bottom of which it lies concealed during the day-time and only ventures abroad on the approach of night to search for food and satisfy the other calls of nature.",
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          "ref": "[1878], Parker Gillmore, “An Objectionable Host—Travelling Companions”, in The Great Thirst Land: A Ride through Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal, and Kalahari Desert, London; Paris: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. […], →OCLC, page 205:",
          "text": "There is a very pretty little hyæna to be found up in these localities, called by the natives \"aard-wolf,\" and by the colonists \"strand wolf;\" it is about the size of a jackal, possesses a bright fawn-coloured coat, handsomely marked with black lines.",
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          "text": "The size of the aard-wolf is about that of a full-grown fox, which it further resembles in its pointed muzzle; but it stands higher upon its legs, its ears are considerably larger and more naked, and its tail shorter and not so bushy. […] In its habits and manners the aard-wolf resembles the fox: like that animal it is nocturnal, and constructs a subterraneous burrow, at the bottom of which it lies concealed during the day-time and only ventures abroad on the approach of night to search for food and satisfy the other calls of nature.",
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          "text": "There is a very pretty little hyæna to be found up in these localities, called by the natives \"aard-wolf,\" and by the colonists \"strand wolf;\" it is about the size of a jackal, possesses a bright fawn-coloured coat, handsomely marked with black lines.",
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