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oryctere

oryctere noun: the aardvark.

Noun

oryctere (plural orycteres)

  1. (archaic) The aardvark.

Forms of oryctere

pluralorycteres
alternative formorycterope

Origin of oryctere

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner”).

Questions about oryctere

What does oryctere mean?
Oryctere means the aardvark.
What part of speech is oryctere?
Oryctere is a noun.
What is the plural of oryctere?
The plural of oryctere is orycteres.

Words near oryctere in the dictionary

  1. ORWs
  2. orxata
  3. orxatas
  4. oryall
  5. oryalls
  6. oryctere
  7. orycteres
  8. orycterope
  9. orycteropes
  10. orycteropodid
  11. orycteropodids

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