Tenrec

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar and adjacent islands, similar to the hedgehog but having a long pointed snout and often no tail.
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  • n. Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A Madagascar hedgehog; any insectivorous mammal of the family Centetidæ, as Centetes ecaudatus, Ericulus spinosus, and Echinops telfairi. The rice-tenrec is Oryzoryctes hova. Also tang. See cut under sokinah.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL. (Lacépède. 1798), and in the form Tanrecus (Desmarest, 1825).] A generic name for the species of Centetidæ: same as Centetes in a former broad sense.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    insectivore   
    Variant
    tanrec    tendrac   
    Hyponym
    tailless tenrec    tenrec ecaudatus   
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