Definitions for tenrecs

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tenrecs ten·rec

Spelling: [ten-rek]

IPA: /ˈtɛn rɛk/

Tenrecs is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in tenrecs (ceenrst).

Definitions for tenrecs

noun

1. any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.

Origin of tenrecs

1720-30; French Malagasy tàndraka

Examples for tenrecs

In this family and in the tenrec most of the species are protected by spines implanted in the skin-muscle, or panniculus carnosus.

In the tenrec similarly situated glands discharge by pores opening at the bottom of deep pits.