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oricterope

Portuguese, noun/o.ɾi.ki.teˈɾɔ.pi/

oricterope is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of orictéropo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero das savanas africanas (Orycteropus afer), único representante da ordem dos tubulidentados, com…”.

What does oricterope mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of orictéropo

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mamífero das savanas africanas (Orycteropus afer), único representante da ordem dos tubulidentados, com aproximadamente 1,20 m de comprimento (sem a cauda) e 70 kg; possui orelhas e focinho longos e alimenta-se de formigas e cupins, que captura com o auxílio de sua língua, comprida e viscosa

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of oricterope

  • oricteropes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce oricterope?

  • Brazil /o.ɾi.ki.teˈɾɔ.pi/
  • Brazil /o.ɾik.teˈɾɔ.pi/
  • Portugal /ɔ.ɾi.ki.tɨˈɾɔ.pɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to oricterope

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.