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- [pawr-kyuh-pahyn]
- /ˈpɔr kyəˌpaɪn/
- /ˈpɔː.kjʊ.paɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pawr-kyuh-pahyn]
- /ˈpɔr kyəˌpaɪn/
Definitions of porcupine word
- noun porcupine any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America. 1
- noun porcupine large spiny rodent 1
- countable noun porcupine A porcupine is an animal with many long, thin, sharp spikes on its back that stick out as protection when it is attacked. 0
- noun porcupine any of various large hystricomorph rodents of the families Hystricidae, of Africa, Indonesia, S Europe, and S Asia, and Erethizontidae, of the New World. All species have a body covering of protective spines or quills 0
- noun porcupine river in N Yukon Territory, Canada, flowing into the Yukon River in NE Alas.: 590 mi (949 km) 0
- noun porcupine any of a terrestrial Old World family (Hystricidae) or an arboreal New World family (Erethizontidae) of rodents, having coarse hair mixed with long, stiff, sharp spines that can be erected 0
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Origin of porcupine
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English porcupyne, variant of porcapyne; replacing porke despyne < Middle French porc d'espine thorny pig. See pork, spine
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Parts of speech for Porcupine
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
porcupine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
porcupine usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for porcupine
noun porcupine
- amazon — In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a tribe of women who were very good at fighting.
- amazons — a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- fire-eater — an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
Top questions with porcupine
- how to hug a porcupine?
- what does a porcupine sound like?
- what sound does a porcupine make?
- what is a porcupine?
- how to remove porcupine quills?
- what does a porcupine eat?
- what does a porcupine look like?
- what is a baby porcupine called?
- how many quills does a porcupine have?
- how to make porcupine meatballs?
- how to remove porcupine quills from a dog?
- what eats a porcupine?
- how to draw a porcupine?
- where does the porcupine live?
- how does a porcupine defend itself?
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