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Meanings of
porcupine
in English
Portuguese
porco espinho
Catalan
porc espí
Spanish
erinaceinae
Back to the meaning
Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur.
hedgehog
Portuguese
porco espinho
Usage of
porcupine
in English
1
The slow-moving
porcupine
was an easy target; it dropped to the ground.
2
The Gonds in Seonee were always on the lookout for a
porcupine
.
3
Not quite entirely had the
porcupine
unrolled when it discovered its enemy.
4
When all the animals were seated around the fire, the
porcupine
spoke.
5
The only game their Indian hunter brought in, was a single
porcupine
.
6
The
porcupine
had at last decided that its enemy had gone away.
7
The
porcupine
had stopped waddling and turned sideways to watch her approach.
8
Come for the
porcupine
clubbing, stay for the Dharma and Greg bickering.
9
But the monkey's grip never slackened; and then Pantalaimon became a
porcupine
.
10
I fell back into the safety net of my
porcupine
defense mode.
11
You will make a regular
porcupine
of her if you keep on.
12
It was when the
porcupine
was chief, that a council was called.
13
Pat had shot a boar and a
porcupine
,
the latter with No.
14
But this
porcupine
is way too smart for the lions! Atta boy.
15
Another dog was not to be beaten when once on a
porcupine
.
16
He straightened himself, the hair on his round head like
porcupine
quills.
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porcupine
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
fretful porcupine
say the porcupine
prickly porcupine
embroider with porcupine
work with porcupine
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Translations for
porcupine
Portuguese
porco espinho
porco-espinho
Catalan
porc espí
Spanish
erinaceinae
puercoespín
Porcupine
through the time
Porcupine
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common