tenrec

• tanrec
• tendrac

From French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka or trandraka related to Malay landak (“porcupine”); English from 18th century.

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tenrec (plural tenrecs)

1. Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.

• tenrecid

• greater hedgehog tenrec, lesser hedgehog tenrec, lowland streaked tenrec

• Blench, Roger, Walsh, Martin (2011) “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics‎^[1], Aussois, France, pages 1–31

• tenrec on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tenrecidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tenrecidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• recent, center, centre, Recent, Center, Centre

tenrec m (plural tenrecs)

1. tenrec

• “tenrec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.