Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun porcupines

1 sense of porcupines

Sense 1
porcupine ball, porcupines -- (meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce)
       => meatball -- (ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun porcupine

1 sense of porcupine

Sense 1
porcupine, hedgehog -- (relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur)
       => rodent, gnawer -- (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)