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Noun: brush-tailed porcupine
  1. Porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail
    "The brush-tailed porcupine raised its quills in defence";
    - brush-tail porcupine

Derived forms: brush-tailed porcupines

Type of: Old World porcupine

Part of: Atherurus, genus Atherurus

Encyclopedia: Brush-tailed porcupine