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Webster 1913 Edition


Oryctere

Or′yc-tere

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ὀρυκτήρ
digger: cf. F.
oryctère
.]
(Zool.)
The aard-vark (
Orycteropus afer
).

Definition 2024


oryctere

oryctere

English

Noun

oryctere (plural orycteres)

  1. (archaic) The aardvark.