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Meanings of orycteropus afer in English

Portuguese
timbo
Catalan
ós formiguer
Spanish
oso hormiguero

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

timbo
Synonyms
Examples for "aardvark"
Examples for "aardvark"
1
One of the participants seemed to be an Old Earth aardvark.
More Than Honor
2
One aardvark has died and four meerkats are missing after a fire at London Zoo.
The Irish Times
3
Who wrote that section on the aardvark?
The last lecture
4
I got down on my hands and knees and sucked them up like an aardvark sucking ants.
Brains: a zombie memoir
5
Staff have been injured and an aardvark and possibly four meerkats killed in a fire at London Zoo.
Radio NZ
1
The anteater can suck up water and be used as a watering can.
Wired
2
A sort of anteater called a tamandua uses the ex-burrow as a nursery.
The Guardian
3
Snuffy is Petra's stuffed anteater, which she sleeps with each night.
The weight of silence
4
They've got the mug of an anteater and the spines of a porcupine.
Wired
5
Twin heads, each with a matching anteater proboscis, presumably once drills.
The Guardian
1
Then the ants bore into my eyes and I black out.
The Hunger Games
2
The kid watched a small caravan of ants bearing off among the arches of sheepribs.
Blood Meridian