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porcupine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hedgehog |
| Type of | gnawer, rodent |
| Has types | new world porcupine, old world porcupine |
Examples of porcupine
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Some of the animals are endangered such as the Indian porcupine and golden eagle.
From the bbc.co.uk
The porcupine conductor will be on the sleeves of both the home and road jerseys.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Watch for the park's resident mule deer, coyote, porcupine and turkey vultures.
From the kentucky.com
Mel, our guide, showed us brittle stars, urchins, sea slugs and porcupine fish.
From the miamiherald.com
You hire a prehensile-tailed porcupine named Wednesday to do your bidding for you.
From the time.com
A 9-year-old African crested porcupine named Pilgrim requires regular tooth trims.
From the dailyherald.com
It looks like a big mechanical porcupine with five to ten inches of clearance.
From the time.com
I rather go crawl through hot coals while simultaneously eating a living porcupine.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
Trustee Cary Collins called the tower a porcupine, with all the wires sticking out.
From the dailyherald.com
- Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
- (porcupines) porcupine ball: meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce
- Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend them from predators. They are indigenous to the Americas, southern Asia, and Africa. Porcupines are the third largest of the rodents, behind the capybara and the beaver. ...
- Porcupine is the third studio album by the British post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen. First released on 4 February 1983, it became the band's highest charting release when it reached number two on the UK Albums Chart despite initially receiving poor reviews. ...
- Porcupine is the name of three fictional characters in Marvel Comics. Two of them are super-villains.
- 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)
- To see a porcupine in your dreams, denotes that you will disapprove any new enterprise and repel new friendships with coldness. For a young woman to dream of a porcupine, portends that she will fear her lover. To see a dead one, signifies your abolishment of ill feelings and possessions.
- Black, yellow-tipped hairs and quills, small head, large body.
- Is the common name for any members of two families of rodents, Erethizontidae and Hystricidae, characterized by heavy bodies with some areas covered with long, sharp quills or spines (modified hairs). ...
