porcupine
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Etymology [edit]
Literally spiny-pig, from Latin porcus (“pig”), + spinus (“spine”).
Noun [edit]
porcupine (plural porcupines)
- Any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile, spines or quills (that stand straight up when the animal is attacked or surprised), belonging to one of two taxonomic families: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) and Erethizontidae (New World porcupines).
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Derived terms [edit]
- African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus)
- Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua)
- Bahia porcupine (Sphiggurus insidiosus)
- bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor)
- black dwarf porcupine (Coendou nycthemera)
- black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus melanurus)
- Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)
- bristle-spined porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus) ( = bristle-spined rat)
- brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus vestitus)
- Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
- Canadian porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
- common porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
- crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
- frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus pruinosus)
- Koopman's porcupine (Coendou nycthemera)
- Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus)
- Mexican tree porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus)
- New World porcupine (Erethizontidae)
- North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
- Old World porcupine (Hystricidae)
- orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus)
- Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus spinosus)
- Porcs
- porcupine
- Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP)
- Porcupine Bank
- porcupine caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) ( = Grant's caribou)
- Porcupine Creek
- porcupine family
- Porcupine Flat Campground
- porcupinefish, porcupine fish
- porcupine flower (Barleria prionitis)
- Porcupine Freedom Festival (PorcFest)
- Porcupine Gold Rush
- Porcupine Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia ( = Porcupine Gorge)
- Porcupine Hills
- Porcupine Lake
- Porcupine Mall
- Porcupine Meadows Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, ( = Porcupine Meadows Park)
- Porcupine Mountains, Michigan ( = Porkies)
- Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
- porcupine, Ontario
- Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan
- Porcupine River
- porcupine seabight
- porcupine, South Dakota
- porcupine tree
- porcupine, Wisconsin
- prehensile-tailed porcupine (Coendou)
- Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus roosmalenorum)
- Rothschild's porcupine (Coendou rothschildi)
- Santa Marta porcupine (Coendou sanctamartae)
- South porcupine, (Ontario) (SoPo)
- streaked dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus ichillus)
- stump-tailed porcupine (Echinoprocta rufescens)
- thin-spined porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus) ( = bristle-spined rat)
- urson
- USS Porcupine
Related terms [edit]
- Chaetomyinae
- Chaetomys
- Coendou
- echimyid
- Echimyidae
- Echinoprocta
- Erethizon
- erethizontid
- Erethizontinae
- erethizontine
- hystricid
- hystricine
- Hystricognathi
- porcine
- porcus
- porky
- porpentine (Shakespearean word)
- Sphiggurus
Translations [edit]
large rodent
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