Sengi

Quick meaning: Sengi is a noun meaning Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae within the Macroscelidea order, native to Africa.

Meaning

Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae within the Macroscelidea order, native to Africa.

More Meanings

1. (historical) A former (1967–1993) monetary unit of Zaire, one hundredth of a likuta, and one ten-thousandth of a zaire; it was issued only in ten sengi coins.

Example Sentences

Four-toed elephant shrew or sengi Petrodromus tetradactylus

Sengis feed on insects and other animal and plant material. […] Young sengis are highly precocial at birth—they will forage 1 day after birth[…].

Like small African antelopes, sengis spend their life exposed to the elements while relying on disruptive coloration to act as camouflage from the plethora of African predators.

The order formerly known as Insectivora included solenodons; shrews; moles and desmans; hedgehogs and moonrats or gymnures; golden moles, tenrecs, and otter shrews; and sengis or elephant shrews.

Word Forms

• sengis
• senghi

Synonyms for sengi

Depending on context, synonyms include macroscelidid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include macroscelidean, macroscelidid, macroscelid, sondeli, she-elephant, treeshrew.

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