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tanrec |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tanrec \Tan"rec\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Tenrec}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tenrec \Ten"rec\, n. [From the native name: cf F. tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
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