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tenrec

ten·rec [ tén rèk ] (plural ten·recs or ten·rec) or tan·rec [ tán rèk ] (plural tan·recs or tan·rec)


noun 
Definition:
 
insect-eating mammal of Madagascar: a small to medium-sized insect-eating mammal with a long pointed snout. Native to: Madagascar, Comoros.  Family Tenrecidae.

[Late 18th century. Via French tanrec< Malagasy tàndraka, tràndraka]
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