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noun
Any of the large, spiny-furred rodents of the family Hystricidae, native to the southern Eurasia and Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
terrestrial porcupine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: porcupine, hedgehog
Narrower terms: brush-tailed porcupine, brush-tail porcupine, long-tailed porcupine, Trichys lipura
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