Aardvark

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A burrowing mammal (Orycteropus afer) of southern Africa, having a stocky, hairy body, large ears, a long tubular snout, and powerful digging claws.
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  • n. A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus (Orycteropus afer), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It is a nocturnal ungulate, burrows in the ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile, slimy tongue. It is the sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The ground-hog or earth-pig of South Africa. See Orycteropus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    eutherian    placental mammal    eutherian mammal    placental   
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    ant-bear    ant-eater    oryctere    orycterope    antbear   
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