Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tenrec \Ten"rec\, n. [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac,
   tanrec, tandrec.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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}.

Source : WordNet®

tenrec
     n : small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar;
         resembles a hedgehog [syn: {tendrac}]