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1. (n.) porcupine
any large rodent of the New World family Erethizontidae or the Old World family Hystricidae, having stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME porcupyne, porcapyne, ME porke despyne < MF porc d'espine lit., thorny pig. See pork , spine)
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1. (noun) porcupine, hedgehog
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
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1. (noun) Porcupine
any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known
2. (noun) Porcupine
any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species
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Sense: a kind of gnawing animal covered with long prickles (called quills), and larger than a hedgehog.
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 Afrikaans: ystervark |
 Arabic: شَيْهَم، نيص |
 Bulgarian: бодливо прасе |
 Brazilian: porco-espinho |
 Czech: dikobraz |
 German: das Stachelschwein |
 Danish: hulepindsvin |
 Greek: ακανθόχοιρος |
 Spanish: puerco espín |
 Estonian: okassiga |
 Farsi: جوجه تیغی |
 Finnish: piikkisika |
 French: porc-épic |
 Hebrew: קִיפּוֹד |
 Hindi: साही |
 Croatian: dikobraz |
 Hungarian: (tarajos) sül |
 Indonesian: landak |
 Icelandic: broddgöltur |
 Italian: porcospino |
 Japanese: やまあらし |
 Korean: 호저 |
 Lithuanian: dygliakiaulė |
 Latvian: dzeloņcūka |
 Malay: landak |
 Dutch: stekelvarken |
 Norwegian: hulepinnsvin |
 Polish: jeżozwierz |
 Persian: خارپشت كوهى |
 Pashto: خارپشت، يو ډول ژوى، شكوڼ |
 Portuguese: porco-espinho |
 Romanian: porc spinos |
 Russian: дикобраз |
 Slovak: dikobraz |
 Slovenian: ježevec |
 Serbian: bodljikavo prase |
 Swedish: piggsvin |
 Thai: เม่น |
 Turkish: oklu kirpi |
 Taiwanese: 豪豬 |
 Ukrainian: дикобраз |
 Urdu: خار پشت، ايک قسم کا جانور |
 Vietnamese: con nhím |
 Chinese: 豪猪 |
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