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NEW WORLD PORCUPINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does New World porcupine mean?
• NEW WORLD PORCUPINE (noun)
The noun NEW WORLD PORCUPINE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: NEW WORLD PORCUPINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arboreal porcupine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("New World porcupine" is a kind of...):
hedgehog; porcupine (relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "New World porcupine"):
Canada porcupine; Erethizon dorsatum (porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease)
Holonyms ("New World porcupine" is a member of...):
Erethizontidae; family Erethizontidae (New World arboreal porcupines)
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