Associations to the word «Hystricidae»

Wiktionary

HYSTRICIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the infraorder Phiomorpha   — the Old World porcupines.

Dictionary definition

HYSTRICIDAE, noun. Old World porcupines.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley