"Old World porcupine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Old World porcupines [plural]
Etymology: From Old World + porcupine. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Old World porcupine}} Old World porcupine (plural Old World porcupines)
  1. Any of the large, spiny-furred rodents of the family Hystricidae, native to the southern Eurasia and Africa. Categories (lifeform): Phiomorphs Synonyms (any species of the family Hystricidae): hystricid Coordinate_terms: New World porcupine

Inflected forms

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