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Orycteropus

noun

coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae

• Syn: ↑genus Orycteropus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Orycteropodidae, ↑family Orycteropodidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑aardvark, ↑ant bear, ↑anteater, ↑Orycteropus afer

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\\əˌrikˈterəpəs, ˌōrˌi-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek oryktēr miner (from oryssein, orychein to dig) + New Latin -pus

: a genus (coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae and sole recent representative of the order Tubulidentata) that comprises the aardvarks

Useful english dictionary. 2012.