meaning of tenrec

1. 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.
2.
small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog


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