Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tendrac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tendrac \Ten"drac\, n. [See {Tenrec}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small insectivores of the
family {Centetid[ae]}, belonging to {Ericulus}, {Echinope},
and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or
less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice
tendrac ({Oryzorictes hora}) is very injurious to rice crops.
Some of the species are called also {tenrec}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tendrac
n : small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar;
resembles a hedgehog [syn: {tenrec}]
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