AARDVARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aardvark mean? 

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

1. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AARDVARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

aardvark; ant bear; anteater; Orycteropus afer

Hypernyms ("aardvark" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Holonyms ("aardvark" is a member of...):

genus Orycteropus; Orycteropus (coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae)