porcupine

English Thesaurus

1. relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gnawer, rodent,
definition	:	relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	old world porcupine,
definition	:	terrestrial porcupine (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	new world porcupine,
definition	:	arboreal porcupine (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	quill,
definition	:	a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog (noun.animal)