0 an animal with a covering of long, sharp quills (= stiff hairs like needles) on its back
1 a small, brown mammal with a covering of quills (= long, sharp points) on its back
Damage to immature plants by rodents and porcupine was also recorded at some locations.
As the name suggests, porcupine fish are covered with sharp dermal spines.
Numerous caches contain the remains of toxic animals, including stingrays, porcupine fish, cone shells, and potentially toxic corals and sponges.
They share beliefs and stories relevant to each species, for example, the belief that porcupines have the power to grant wishes.
That "soft under-belly" is proving very much like a bristling porcupine.
It bristles with more illogicalities than a porcupine bristles with its bristles.
We will live on a porcupine's back.
For information, the chinchilla belongs to the order of rodents—rodentiae—which includes the porcupine, but the family of the chinchilla consists of two species, which should have been mentioned.
