NOUN | animal | porcupine, hedgehog | relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur |
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Sounds | pao'rkyahpay.n | |
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Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... |
Meaning | relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur. | |
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Synonym | hedgehog | |
Parts | quill | A stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog / hedgehog |
Narrower | New World porcupine | arboreal porcupine |
Old World porcupine | terrestrial / terrestrial porcupine | |
Broader | rodent, gnawer | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
Spanish | erinaceinae, espín, puerco espín, puercoespín | |
Catalan | espín, porc espí |
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