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GENUS ORYCTEROPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Orycteropus mean?
• GENUS ORYCTEROPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ORYCTEROPUS has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
Familiarity information: GENUS ORYCTEROPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Orycteropus; Orycteropus
Hypernyms ("genus Orycteropus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Orycteropus" is a member of...):
family Orycteropodidae; Orycteropodidae (aardvarks)
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