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Noun: Old World porcupine
  1. Any of several large terrestrial rodents of Africa and southern Asia characterized by protective quills
    "Old World porcupines are primarily nocturnal foragers"

Derived forms: Old World porcupines

Type of: hedgehog, porcupine, porky [N. Amer, informal]

Part of: family Hystricidae, Hystricidae

Encyclopedia: Old World porcupine