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Noun: tenrec  ten-rek
  1. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
    - tendrac

Derived forms: tenrecs

Type of: insectivore

Part of: family Tenrecidae, Tenrecidae

Encyclopedia: Tenrec