tenrec
    n 1: small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar;
         resembles a hedgehog [syn: tenrec, tendrac]

Tendrac \Ten"drac\, n. [See Tenrec.] (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of small insectivores of the
   family Centetidae, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and
   related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less
   spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac
   (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of
   the species are called also tenrec.
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Tenrec \Ten"rec\, n. [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.
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