Old World porcupine

Definitions of Old World porcupine

1. noun

   terrestrial porcupine
   types:

   brush-tail porcupine, brush-tailed porcupine

   porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail

   Trichys lipura, long-tailed porcupine

   porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail

   type of:

   hedgehog, porcupine

   relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur