HyperDic: canada_porcupine

English > 1 sense of the expression Canada porcupine:
NOUNanimalCanada porcupine, Erethizon dorsatumporcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur
English > Canada porcupine: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningporcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease.
SynonymErethizon dorsatum
Member ofErethizon, genus ErethizonA genus of Erethizontidae
BroaderNew World porcupinearboreal porcupine

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict