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TAILLESS TENREC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tailless tenrec mean?
• TAILLESS TENREC (noun)
The noun TAILLESS TENREC has 1 sense:
1. prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms
Familiarity information: TAILLESS TENREC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
tailless tenrec; Tenrec ecaudatus
Hypernyms ("tailless tenrec" is a kind of...):
tendrac; tenrec (small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog)
Holonyms ("tailless tenrec" is a member of...):
genus Tenrec (type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs)
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