ORYCTEROPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Orycteropus mean? 

• ORYCTEROPUS (noun)
  The noun ORYCTEROPUS has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae

  Familiarity information: ORYCTEROPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORYCTEROPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Orycteropus; Orycteropus

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)