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ACCENTORS, sparrow-like birds witli short rounded wings, and fine pointed bills. They are generally brown or reddish-brown spotted or streaked above, and brown or grey below, usually with a reddish band on the breast or reddish streaks on the flanks. The twelve species are sufficiently alike to be...

AARDVARK Orycteropus afer, large African burrowing mammal with no close living relatives, at first placed in the order Edentata (the toothless ones) along with the armadillos and sloths because of its lack of front teeth. Now placed by itself in the order TubuUdentata (the tube-toothed) so called...