Found 2 items, similar to Tendrac.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tendrac
tendrac
n : small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar;
resembles a hedgehog [syn:
tenrec]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tendrac
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.
[1913 Webster]