'Tanrec' definitions:
Definition of 'tanrec'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]