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