Associations to the word «Tenrec»

Wiktionary

TENREC, noun. Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.
TENREC, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Tenrecidae   — the single species Tenrec ecaudatus.

Dictionary definition

TENREC, noun. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope