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LONG-TAILED PORCUPINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does long-tailed porcupine mean? 

LONG-TAILED PORCUPINE (noun)
  The noun LONG-TAILED PORCUPINE has 1 sense:

1. porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tailplay

  Familiarity information: LONG-TAILED PORCUPINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LONG-TAILED PORCUPINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

long-tailed porcupine; Trichys lipura

Hypernyms ("long-tailed porcupine" is a kind of...):

Old World porcupine (terrestrial porcupine)

Holonyms ("long-tailed porcupine" is a member of...):

genus Trichys; Trichys (a genus of Hystricidae)


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