porcupine

por·cu·pine  (pôrky-pn)

n.

Any of various rodents of the Old World family Hystricidae or the New World family Erethizontidae, having long, sharp, erectile quills interspersed with coarse hair.

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[Middle English porke despine, from Old French porc espin : Latin porcus, pig; see porko- in Indo-European roots + Latin spna, thorn, spine.]

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porcupine [ˈpɔːkjʊˌpaɪn]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various large hystricomorph rodents of the families Hystricidae, of Africa, Indonesia, S Europe, and S Asia, and Erethizontidae, of the New World. All species have a body covering of protective spines or quills

[C14 porc despyne pig with spines, from Old French porc espin; see pork, spine]

porcupinish  adj

porcupiny  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

porcupine - relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur hedgehog quill - a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing Old World porcupine - terrestrial porcupine New World porcupine - arboreal porcupine

Translations

porcupine [ˈpɔːkjʊpaɪn]

A. N → puerco m espín

B. CPD porcupine fish N → pez m globo

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porcupine [ˈpɔː^rkjʊpaɪn] n → porc-épic m

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porcupine

n → Stachelschwein nt

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porcupine [ˈpɔːkjʊˌpaɪn] n → porcospino

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porcupine [ˈpɔːkjʊˌpaɪn] n → porcospino

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porcupine

n porcupine [ˈpoːkjupain]

a kind of gnawing animal covered with long prickles (called quills), and larger than a hedgehog. ystervark شَيْهَم، نيص бодливо прасе dikobraz hulepindsvin das Stachelschwein ακανθόχοιρος puerco espín okassiga جوجه تیغی piikkisika porc-épic קִיפּוֹד साही dikobraz (tarajos) sül landak broddgöltur porcospino やまあらし 호저 dygliakiaulė dzeloņcūka landak stekelvarken hulepinnsvin jeżozwierz porco-espinho porc spinos дикобраз dikobraz ježevec bodljikavo prase piggsvin เม่น oklu kirpi 豪豬 дикобраз خار پشت، ايک قسم کا جانور con nhím 豪猪