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tendrac


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tendrac  \Ten"drac\,  n.  [See  {Tenrec}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  several  species  of  small  insectivores  of  the 
  family  {Centetid[ae]},  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tendrac 
  n  :  small  often  spiny  insectivorous  mammal  of  Madagascar; 
  resembles  a  hedgehog  [syn:  {tenrec}] 




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