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Definition of tenrec in English English dictionary
- any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, native to Madagascar
- The name is applied to other allied genera
- small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
- A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; called also tanrec
- The tenrec
- tangue
- The tenrec
- tendrac
- genus tenrec
- type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs
- tailless tenrec
- prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms
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