tenrec
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See also: Tenrec
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka or trandraka related to Malay landak (“porcupine”); English from 18th century.
Noun[edit]
tenrec (plural tenrecs)
- Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.
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Translations[edit]
mammal of the family Tenrecidae
References[edit]
- 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
Further reading[edit]
- Tenrecidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tenrecidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Tenrecidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
tenrec m (plural tenrecs)
Further reading[edit]
- “tenrec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.