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tenrec
N สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนม พวก Tenrecidae กิน แมลง เป็น อาหาร tendrac
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TENREC
Ten "rec, n. Etym: [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
tenrec
ten rec |ˈtenˌrek ˈtɛnrɛk | ▶noun a small, insectivorous mammal native to Madagascar, different kinds of which resemble hedgehogs, shrews, or small otters. [Several genera in the family Tenrecidae: many species, including the common (or tailless ) tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus ), also found in the Comoro islands. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka.
Oxford Dictionary
tenrec
tenrec |ˈtɛnrɛk | ▶noun a small insectivorous mammal native to Madagascar, different kinds of which resemble hedgehogs, shrews, or small otters. ●Several genera in the family Tenrecidae: many species. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka.
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