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TENREC ECAUDATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tenrec ecaudatus mean?
• TENREC ECAUDATUS (noun)
The noun TENREC ECAUDATUS has 1 sense:
1. prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms
Familiarity information: TENREC ECAUDATUS 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 ("Tenrec ecaudatus" is a kind of...):
tendrac; tenrec (small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog)
Holonyms ("Tenrec ecaudatus" is a member of...):
genus Tenrec (type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs)
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