Tendrac
n.
Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidæ , belonging to Ericulus , Echinope , and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac ( Oryzorictes hora ) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec .
|