tenrec

/ten-rek/US // ˈtɛn rɛk //UK // (ˈtɛnrɛk) //

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n.名词 noun

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- : any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.

The two species are much smaller than the great tenrec, and spines are retained in the adult on the body.
In this family and in the tenrec most of the species are protected by spines implanted in the skin-muscle, or panniculus carnosus.
In the tenrec similarly situated glands discharge by pores opening at the bottom of deep pits.