PORCUPINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does porcupine mean? • PORCUPINE (noun)
The noun PORCUPINE has 1 sense:
1. relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
Familiarity information: PORCUPINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PORCUPINE (noun)
Meaning:
Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
hedgehog; porcupine
Hypernyms ("porcupine" is a kind of...):
gnawer; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Meronyms (parts of "porcupine"):
quill (a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "porcupine"):
Old World porcupine (terrestrial porcupine)
New World porcupine (arboreal porcupine)
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