tenrec
NounSynonyms:
tendrac
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Noun (1)
- small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehogSynonyms: tendracType of insectivoreKinds tailless tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatusMember of Tenrecidae, family Tenrecidae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ten′rec noun
Origin: From the native name: cf. F. tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.
Zoology 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54