ORYCTEROPUS


Meaning of ORYCTEROPUS in English

əˌrikˈterəpəs, ˌōrˌi- noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek oryktēr miner (from oryssein, orychein to dig) + New Latin -pus

: a genus (coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae and sole recent representative of the order Tubulidentata) that comprises the aardvarks

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