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Where does “tenrec” come from?

tenrec (English) comes from French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka.

tenrec (English): Any of several diverse small mammals, of the...

Definitions

  1. Any of several diverse small mammals, of the...

Ancestry of “tenrec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtanrectenrec
2Malagasytàndraka—
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