aardvark

Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole surviving representative of the order Tubulidentata; SYN. ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer.

Nocturnal mammal Orycteropus afer, order Tubulidentata, found in central and southern Africa. A timid, defenseless animal about the size of a pig, it has a long head, piglike snout, and large asinine ears. It feeds on termites, which it licks up with its long sticky tongue.

Aalst

(French Alost) Commune central Belgium WNW of Brussels population 76,382.

Industrial town (brewing, textiles) in East Flanders, Belgium, on the river Dender 24 km/15 mi NW of Brussels; population (1993 est) 76,500.

Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole surviving representative of the order Tubulidentata; SYN. ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer.

Nocturnal mammal Orycteropus afer, order Tubulidentata, found in central and southern Africa. A timid, defenseless animal about the size of a pig, it has a long head, piglike snout, and large asinine ears. It feeds on termites, which it licks up with its long sticky tongue.

Aalst

(French Alost) Commune central Belgium WNW of Brussels population 76,382.

Industrial town (brewing, textiles) in East Flanders, Belgium, on the river Dender 24 km/15 mi NW of Brussels; population (1993 est) 76,500.ETYM Dutch, earth-pig.

Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole surviving representative of the order Tubulidentata; SYN. ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer.

Nocturnal mammal Orycteropus afer, order Tubulidentata, found in central and southern Africa. A timid, defenseless animal about the size of a pig, it has a long head, piglike snout, and large asinine ears. It feeds on termites, which it licks up with its long sticky tongue.

Aalst

(French Alost) Commune central Belgium WNW of Brussels population 76,382.

Industrial town (brewing, textiles) in East Flanders, Belgium, on the river Dender 24 km/15 mi NW of Brussels; population (1993 est) 76,500.ETYM Dutch, earth-pig.

Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole surviving representative of the order Tubulidentata; SYN. ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer.

Nocturnal mammal Orycteropus afer, order Tubulidentata, found in central and southern Africa. A timid, defenseless animal about the size of a pig, it has a long head, piglike snout, and large asinine ears. It feeds on termites, which it licks up with its long sticky tongue.

Aalst

(French Alost) Commune central Belgium WNW of Brussels population 76,382.

Industrial town (brewing, textiles) in East Flanders, Belgium, on the river Dender 24 km/15 mi NW of Brussels; population (1993 est) 76,500.ETYM Dutch, earth-pig.

Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole surviving representative of the order Tubulidentata; SYN. ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer.

Nocturnal mammal Orycteropus afer, order Tubulidentata, found in central and southern Africa. A timid, defenseless animal about the size of a pig, it has a long head, piglike snout, and large asinine ears. It feeds on termites, which it licks up with its long sticky tongue.

Aalst

(French Alost) Commune central Belgium WNW of Brussels population 76,382.