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ten⋅rec

  [ten-rek]
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–noun
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
Also, tanrec.

Origin:
1720–30; < F < Malagasy tàndraka
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ten·rec   (těn'rěk')   
n.  Any of various insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar and adjacent islands, similar to the hedgehog but having a long pointed snout and often no tail.

[French, from Malagasy tandraka.]
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tenrec

any of 29 species of shrewlike and hedgehoglike mammals. Most are endemic to Madagascar and nearby islands, but the otter shrews (subfamily Potamogalinae) are native to the African mainland.

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