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