tendrac

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tendrac has 1 sense

tendrac(n = noun.animal) tenrec - small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog; Array

is a kind of insectivore

is a member of family tenrecidae, tenrecidae

has particulars: tailless tenrec, tenrec ecaudatus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

tendrac, n. [See Tenrec.].

Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidæ, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec. [1913 Webster]

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