Crossword-Solution: TENREC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tenrec | n. | A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac. |
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| TENREC | anagram | CENTER, CENTRE, RECENT |
We have 15 clues for the answer “TENREC”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Hedgehog of Madagascar | 1 answer |
| Hedgehog-like creature of Madagascar | 1 answer |
| Insect-eater of Madagascar. | 1 answer |
| Insect-eating animal of Madagascar. | 1 answer |
| Insect-eating mammal of Madagascar | 1 answer |
| Insectivore of Madagascar | 1 answer |
| Madagascan animal. | 1 answer |
| Madagascan mammal | 1 answer |
| Mammal of Madasgascar | 1 answer |
| Spiny animal of Madagascar. | 1 answer |
| Tailless insect-eater of Madagascar. | 1 answer |
| Madagascar mammal | 2 answers |
| Mammal of Madagascar | 2 answers |
| Insectivorous mammal | 6 answers |
| civet Madagascar | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with TENREC (5)
Etym: [See Tenrec.] (Zoöl.) Defn: Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidæ, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar.
TENREC, ten'rek, _n._ a genus of _Insectivora_, of one species, 12 to 16 inches long, with squat body and hardly any tail, found in Madagascar and Mauritius.--Also TAN'REC.
The tenrec (_Centetes_) of Madagascar, which aestivates, closely resembles the hedgehog (_Erinaceus_) in habits and belongs to the same order of mammalia.
The tenrec (_Centetes ecaudatus_), a large insectivore from Madagascar, aestivates during the hottest weeks of the year; and specimens exhibited in the Zoological Gardens in London preserved the habit although kept at a uniform temperature and regularly supplied with food.
All the members of the order appear to be highly prolific, the number of young varying from two to eight in the hedgehog, and from twelve to twenty-one in the tenrec.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT, Universal.
Used 19 times in crossword archives (1950–2017).