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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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