tenrec

See also: Tenrec

English

A lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus)

Alternative forms

• tanrec
• tendrac

Etymology

From French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka or trandraka related to Malay landak (“porcupine”); English from 18th century.

Noun

tenrec (plural tenrecs)

1. Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.

Hyponyms

• greater hedgehog tenrec, lesser hedgehog tenrec, lowland streaked tenrec

Derived terms

• rice tenrec

 

Translations

mammal of the family Tenrecidae

• Afrikaans: tenrek
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬島蝟／马岛猬 (Mǎdǎo wèi)

• Finnish: tanrekki
• Malagasy: sokina (mg)
• Romanian: tanrec m
• Turkish: tenrek

References

• 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

• Tenrecidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tenrecidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tenrecidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

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French

Noun

tenrec m (plural tenrecs)

1. tenrec

Further reading

• “tenrec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.