tenrec

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ten=rec

CIDE DICTIONARY

tenrec, n. [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.].

 A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tenrec, n. (also tanrec) any hedgehog-like tailless insect-eating mammal of the family Tenrecidae, esp. Tenrec ecaudatus native to Madagascar.

Etymology

F tanrec, f. Malagasy t{agrave}ndraka