English noun: Orycteropus afer | |||
1. | Orycteropus afer (animal) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata | ||
Synonyms | aardvark, ant bear, anteater | ||
Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal | ||
Member meronym | genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus | ||