Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An arboreal porcupine, especially a South American porcupine of the genus Sphingurus. See
coendoo , and cut underprehensile .
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There are, of course, some big mammals that live exclusively on low plants and bushes that only grow in the forest, and some trees at certain seasons yield fruits and nuts which fall to the ground; but, speaking generally, an ordinary full-grown tree of average size yields food only to beasts of exceptional type, of which the most conspicuous in North America are the tree-porcupine and the beaver.
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