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TAILLESS TENREC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tailless tenrec mean? 

TAILLESS TENREC (noun)
  The noun TAILLESS TENREC has 1 sense:

1. prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthwormsplay

  Familiarity information: TAILLESS TENREC used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAILLESS TENREC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tailless tenrec; Tenrec ecaudatus

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

tendrac; tenrec (small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog)

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

genus Tenrec (type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs)


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