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Porcupine

Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.

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Gnawer 76% connected

One who, or that which, gnaws.

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Rodent 76% connected

Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

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Quill 70% connected

One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

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Hedgehog 92% connected

A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed…

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