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TENDRAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tendrac mean?
• TENDRAC (noun)
The noun TENDRAC has 1 sense:
1. small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
Familiarity information: TENDRAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
tendrac; tenrec
Hypernyms ("tendrac" is a kind of...):
insectivore (small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tendrac"):
tailless tenrec; Tenrec ecaudatus (prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms)
Holonyms ("tendrac" is a member of...):
family Tenrecidae; Tenrecidae (tenrecs and extinct related forms)
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