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Synonyms for porcupine

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pawr-kyuh-pahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔr kyəˌpaɪn

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Définition of porcupine

Origin :
  • c.1400, porke despyne, from Old French porc-espin (early 13c., Modern French porc-épic), literally "spiny pig," from Latin porcus "hog" + spina "thorn, spine" (see spike (n.1)). The word had many forms in Middle English and early Modern English, including portepyn, porkpen, porkenpick, porpoynt, and Shakespeare's porpentine (in "Hamlet").
  • As in shrew : noun mean lady
Example sentences :
  • The porcupine had at last decided that its enemy had gone away.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Not quite entirely had the porcupine unrolled when it discovered its enemy.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Remember this whenever you come in the way of the porcupine.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • The girl was the wilful daughter of a Basque rancher over on the Porcupine.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • It was when the porcupine was chief, that a council was called.
  • Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
  • Just then the porcupine, the Chief of the animals, passed by the bear tree.
  • Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
  • When all the animals were seated around the fire, the porcupine spoke.
  • Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
  • It is highly probable that the movement was by way of the Porcupine River.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • Like the bear cub, Pal had had no experience with a porcupine to teach him prudence.
  • Extract from : « Followers of the Trail » by Zoe Meyer
  • Let any one who knows the porcupine try to fancy it performing a feat like this!
  • Extract from : « The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers » by John Burroughs
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