1. A genus of edentate insectivorous mammals, natives of Africa, to which the aardvark belongs.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• irycteropus,
• krycteropus,
• lrycteropus,
• prycteropus,
• 0rycteropus,
• 9rycteropus,
• oeycteropus,
• odycteropus,
• ofycteropus,
• otycteropus,
• o5ycteropus,
• o4ycteropus,
• ortcteropus,
• orycteropis,
• orcyteropus,
• oricteropus,
• Orycteropos,
• Orycteropod,
• Orycterapus,
• Orycteperopus

• oryctolagus.

The adjective form of the word "orycteropus" is "orycteropine".

The plural form of the word "orycteropus" is "orycteropuses".

The singular form of the word "orycteropus" is "orycteropus". It is a scientific name for an aardvark, and it does not change when referring to a single aardvark.