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porcupine
n.
large rodent covered with long sharp quills (native to Europe and North America)
Porcupine
Porcupines are
rodents with a coat of sharp
spines, or quills, that protect against predators. The term covers two families of animals, the
Old World porcupines and
New World porcupines. Both families belong to the
Hystricognathi branch of the vast
order Rodentia and display similar coats of quills, but they still are quite different and are not closely related.
porcupine
Noun
1. relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
(synonym) hedgehog
(hypernym) rodent, gnawer, gnawing animal
(hyponym) Old World porcupine
(part-meronym) quill
porcupine
n.
dikobraz
Porcupine
(n.)
Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species.
(n.)
Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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