Brazilian aardvarkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

The name was picked up following its insertion into Wikipedia in July 2008 by Dylan Breves as a joke. The hoax was uncovered in 2014, but some use of the name has continued.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bɹəˌzɪ.ljən ˈɑːd.vɑːk/
• (General American) IPA: /bɹəˌzɪ.ljən ˈɑɹd.vɑɹk/

名詞

Brazilian aardvark (plural Brazilian aardvarks)

1. (ghost word, nonstandard) The coati (Nasua spp.).
   • 2010 April 20, Randy Burns, “Scape Ore Farms' menagerie becoming an attraction”, in The Item, volume 115, number 157, page A4:

     Specializing mostly in birds, pheasants and ducks, they also have a few donkeys, snakes, porcupines and a group of animals: Brazilian aardvarks, Mexican tejon, hog-nosed coons, pistoes and snookum bears, which are cousins of the racoon.

   • 2012 November 14, John R. Platt, “Brazil Plans to Clone Its Endangered Species”, in Scientific American, quoted in print in Phillips, published 2020, →ISBN:

     If they receive government approval, the species they'll be working with would include the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus); jaguar (Panthera onca); black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus); bush dog (Speothos venaticus); Brazilian aardvark, also known locally as coati (Nasua nasua); collared anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla); gray brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira); and bison (Bison bison).

   • 2020, Tom Phillips, Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     […] A Brazilian aardvark, pictured enoying a snack in Tulum, Mexico.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Brazilian aardvark.

参照

Further reading

• Brazilian aardvark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia