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Aardvark, imo.

The aardvark is sometimes colloquially called "African ant bear",[1] "anteater", or the "Cape anteater"[1] after the Cape of Good Hope. The name "aardvark" (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈɑːrtfɐrk] ;) comes from earlier Afrikaans (erdvark)[1] and means "earth pig" or "ground pig" (aarde earth/ground, vark pig), because of its burrowing habits[6] (similar origin to the name groundhog). The name Orycteropus means burrowing foot, and the name afer refers to Africa.[7] The name of the aardvarks's order, Tubulidentata comes from the tubule style teeth.[8]

The aardvark is not closely related to the pig; rather, it is the sole extant representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata,[7] in which it is usually considered to form one variable species of the genus Orycteropus, the sole surviving genus in the family Orycteropodidae. The aardvark is not closely related to the South American anteater, despite sharing some characteristics and a superficial resemblance.[9] The similarities are based on convergent evolution.[10] The closest living relatives of the aardvark are the elephant shrews,[11] along with the sirenians, hyraxes, elephants,[12] and tenrecs.[11] With their extinct relatives, these animals form the superorder Afrotheria.[13] Studies of the brain have shown the similarities with Condylarthra.[10]

 
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We're not picking words that start with the letter. Why can't you discuss the letter without resorting to that tactic?

 
I predict that by the third page, we'll be onto the letter "B", as in "Better Call Saul" or "Breaking Bad".

OH MY GOD! THEY BOTH STAR WITH "B"!

 
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The letter 'A' has been discussed ad nauseum in other threads on this board, and I have no interest in pursuing it any further in here. Let me know when you get to 'Æ'. Now that's a letter that I have lots of opinions on.

 
The letter 'A' has been discussed ad nauseum in other threads on this board, and I have no interest in pursuing it any further in here. Let me know when you get to 'Æ'. Now that's a letter that I have lots of opinions on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3

edit: Huh. apparently that character breaks the hyperlink function on the board.

this is what I was trying to link, without a redirect. http://goo.gl/lSCGx2

 
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