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Webster 1913 Edition
Tenrec
Ten′rec
,Noun.
[From the native name: cf. F.
tanrac
, tanrec
, tandrec
.] (Zool.)
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
. Definition 2024
Tenrec
Tenrec
See also: tenrec
Translingual
Tenrec ecaudatus
Proper noun
Tenrec m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tenrecidae – the single species Tenrec ecaudatus.
Hypernyms
- (subfamily): Mammalia - class, Theria - subclass, Eutheria - infraclass, Epitheria - magnorder, Afrotheria - superorder, Afrosoricida - order, Tenrecidae - family; Tenrecinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Tenrec ecaudatus (species)
tenrec
tenrec
See also: Tenrec
English
Alternative forms
Noun
tenrec (plural tenrecs)
- Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.