NEW WORLD PORCUPINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Arboreal porcupine

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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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