/ Thesaurus / O Synonyms of orycteropus afer Find synonyms for: Noun1. aardvark, ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer, placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalusage: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order TubulidentataWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: diligent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language