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ORYCTEROPUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae

Synonyms:

genus Orycteropus; Orycteropus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Orycteropus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Orycteropus"):

aardvark; ant bear; anteater; Orycteropus afer (nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata)

Holonyms ("Orycteropus" is a member of...):

family Orycteropodidae; Orycteropodidae (aardvarks)

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