Orycteropus is a genus of mammals that includes the aardvark, with the name meaning “digging foot” in Greek, a reference to its powerful digging claws. The term comes from the Greek words orykter (miner) and pous (foot)
In Latin, Afer or Afer referred to an inhabitant of Africa or the continent itself, while “afer” is also an older spelling of the English word “afar” (“far away“)
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