tenrecn.

/ˈtɛnrək/

/ˈtɛnrɛk/

Forms: Also 1700s tondruck, tendrac, 1700s–1800s tanrec.

Etymology: = French tanrec, < Malagasy tàndraka, dialect form of tràndraka. N.E.D. (1910) enters this under the double headword tanrec, tenrec and gives the pronunciations (tæ·n-, te·nrĕk) /ˈtæn-/, /ˈtɛnrək/.

An insectivorous mammal, Centetes ecaudatus, allied to the hedgehog, and covered with spiny bristles intermixed with silky hairs; the Madagascar hedgehog. Also, any species of the genus Centetes or family Centetidæ.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Tenrecidae (otter-shrew)

tenrec1729

Potamogale1860

otter shrew1876

tang1891

potamogalid1895

1729 R. Drury Madagascar (1890) 81 A creature which I call a ground-hog, and which in their language is called ‘tondruck’.

1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VII. 86 The Tanrecs or Tendracs are small East Indian animals which have some resemblance to our hedgehog.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiv. 514 The hedgehog and tenrec present..something more than an analogy to the porcupines and some of the rats.

1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xvii. 134 The tanrecs, or Madagascar hedgehogs,..pass three months of the year in lethargy.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 69 The Spiny Tanrec (Ericulus spinosus) is considerably smaller than the previously-mentioned species [Centetes ecaudatus].

1900 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 8/2 Two curious little creatures,..called Tenrecs.., have just been added to the Zoo.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tenrec
释义	tenrecn. /ˈtɛnrək//ˈtɛnrɛk/ Forms: Also 1700s tondruck, tendrac, 1700s–1800s tanrec. Etymology: = French tanrec, < Malagasy tàndraka, dialect form of tràndraka. N.E.D. (1910) enters this under the double headword tanrec, tenrec and gives the pronunciations (tæ·n-, te·nrĕk) /ˈtæn-/, /ˈtɛnrək/. An insectivorous mammal, Centetes ecaudatus, allied to the hedgehog, and covered with spiny bristles intermixed with silky hairs; the Madagascar hedgehog. Also, any species of the genus Centetes or family Centetidæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Tenrecidae (otter-shrew) tenrec1729 Potamogale1860 otter shrew1876 tang1891 potamogalid1895 1729 R. Drury Madagascar (1890) 81 A creature which I call a ground-hog, and which in their language is called ‘tondruck’. 1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VII. 86 The Tanrecs or Tendracs are small East Indian animals which have some resemblance to our hedgehog. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiv. 514 The hedgehog and tenrec present..something more than an analogy to the porcupines and some of the rats. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xvii. 134 The tanrecs, or Madagascar hedgehogs,..pass three months of the year in lethargy. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 69 The Spiny Tanrec (Ericulus spinosus) is considerably smaller than the previously-mentioned species [Centetes ecaudatus]. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 8/2 Two curious little creatures,..called Tenrecs.., have just been added to the Zoo. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1729
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