new world porcupine

English Thesaurus

1. arboreal porcupine (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	hedgehog, porcupine,
definition	:	relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	canada porcupine, erethizon dorsatum,
definition	:	porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	erethizontidae, family erethizontidae,
definition	:	New World arboreal porcupines (noun.animal)