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    TENREC

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehogplay

    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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