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orycterope Zool.|ɒˈrɪktərəʊp|
[a. F. oryctérope, ad. mod.L. Orycteropus (-pod-), f. Gr. ὀρυκτήρ digger + πούς, ποδ- foot. Now usually in L. form.]
A mammal of genus Orycteropus: = aardvark.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 54/2 In the..Orycterope it [the liver] consists of three lobes. 1840tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 125 The orycteropes have long been confounded with the ant-eaters... There is but one species known,..the orycterope of the Cape. [Two species are now known.]
So orycteropodoid |ɒrɪktəˈrɒpəʊdɔɪd| a. [see -oid], resembling the genus Orycteropus.
1890Cent. Dict. cites Owen. |