HyperDic: orycteropus_afer

English > 1 sense of the expression Orycteropus afer:
NOUNanimalOrycteropus afer, aardvark, ant bear, anteaternocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites
English > Orycteropus afer: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningnocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.
Synonymsaardvark, ant bear, anteater
Member ofOrycteropus, genus Orycteropuscoextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
Broaderplacental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalmammals having a placenta
Spanishcerdo hormiguero, oricteropo, orycteropus afer, Orycteropus Afer, oso hormiguero
Catalanorycteropus afer, Orycteropus afer, ós formiguer, porc formiguer

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