por·cu·pine (pôr ky -p n )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. [Middle English porke despine, from Old French porc espin : Latin porcus, pig; see porko- in Indo-European roots + Latin sp na, thorn, spine.] |
porcupine
Noun
a large rodent covered with long pointed quills [Middle English porc despyne pig with spines]
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| Noun | 1. |  porcupine - relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the furquill - 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
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 ?동물? 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
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