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TENREC

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog

Synonyms:

tendrac; tenrec

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tenrec" is a kind of...):

insectivore (small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tenrec"):

tailless tenrec; Tenrec ecaudatus (prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms)

Holonyms ("tenrec" is a member of...):

family Tenrecidae; Tenrecidae (tenrecs and extinct related forms)

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