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tenrec
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tenrec has 1 sense
- tenrec(n = noun.animal) tendrac - 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
CIDE DICTIONARY
tenrec, n. [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.].
A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus ), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec . The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tenrec, n. (also tanrec) any hedgehog-like tailless insect-eating mammal of the family Tenrecidae, esp. Tenrec ecaudatus native to Madagascar.
Etymology
F tanrec, f. Malagasy t{agrave}ndraka
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