tenrec

See also: Tenrec

English

a lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus)

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From French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka or tràndraka; English from 18th century.

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tenrec (plural tenrecs)

  1. Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.

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