| NOUN | animal | Orycteropus afer, aardvark, ant bear, anteater | nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites |
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| 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 | |
| Member of | Orycteropus, genus Orycteropus | coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae |
| Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |