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noun
Any of the large, arboreal, spiny-furred rodents of the family Erethizontidae, native to forests and wooded regions of North America and northern South America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
arboreal porcupine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: porcupine, hedgehog
Narrower terms: Canada porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
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