Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aard-wolf \Aard"-wolf`\ ([aum]rd"w[oo^]lf), n. [D, earth-wolf]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A carnivorous quadruped ({Proteles Lalandii}), of South
   Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See {Proteles}.