'Tenrec' definitions:
Definition of 'tenrec'
From: WordNet
noun
Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog [syn: tenrec, tendrac]
Definition of 'Tenrec'
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]
Definition of 'tenrec'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]