Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- One of the groups of the Entomophaga, or insectivorous Edentata, represented by the aardvark, or Cape ant-eater of South Africa, Orycteropus capensis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesubclass Placentalia — theaardvarks .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an order of Eutheria
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The doliochoerine Lorancahyus of Miocene Spain, for example, had tubulidentate teeth, and if that word sounds familiar that’s probably because you’ve seen it before as the group name for aardvarks: Tubulidentata.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The doliochoerine Lorancahyus of Miocene Spain, for example, had tubulidentate teeth, and if that word sounds familiar that’s probably because you’ve seen it before as the group name for aardvarks: Tubulidentata.
Why putting your hand in a peccary’s mouth is a really bad idea Darren Naish 2006
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