English > Orycteropus afer: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata. |
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| Synonyms | aardvark, ant bear, anteater |
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| Member of | Orycteropus, genus Orycteropus | coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae |
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| Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
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| Spanish | cerdo hormiguero, oricteropo, orycteropus afer, Orycteropus Afer, oso hormiguero |
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| Catalan | orycteropus afer, Orycteropus afer, ós formiguer, porc formiguer |
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