資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tendrac \Ten"drac\, n. [See {Tenrec}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several species of small insectivores of the
   family {Centetid[ae]}, 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}.