Malagasy native's refurbished centre (6)

I believe the answer is:

tenrec

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'malagasy native's refurbished centre' is the definition.
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'refurbished centre' is the wordplay.
'refurbished' indicates an anagram.
'centre' with letters rearranged gives 'TENREC'.

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(Other definitions for tenrec that I've seen before include "Madagascan insectivore" , "Animal" , "Tiggywinkle-like mammal" .)

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