porcupine
por·cu·pine (pôr′kyə pīn′)
noun pl. -·pines′ or -·pine′
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
Etymology: ME porkepyn < MFr porc espin, spinous hog, spine hog < OIt porcospino < L porcus, pig (see farrow) + spine
Por·cu·pine (pôr′kyə pīn′)
river in N Yukon Territory, Canada, flowing into the Yukon River in NE Alas.: 590 mi (949 km)
Etymology: descriptive
Converse of object
- include: Included is archival footage provided by the Kinsey Institute of copulating animals, including porcupines.
- have: I have porcupines and rocky pines and all the other hairdo's.
- catch: Trail Of The Unexpected: Andringitra National Park, Madagascar Someone called out: " He's caught a small porcupine!
Adjective modifier
- crested: General characteristics There are four other species of crested porcupine, the Cape porcupine, Himalayan porcupine, Indian porcupine and Malayan porcupine.
- Indian: Other mammals include Indian porcupine Hystrix indica and Indian hare Lepus nigricollis.
- prickly: Creature Features Creature Features is a BRAND NEW interactive animal land with inquisitive meerkats, wallabies, rheas, skunks and prickly porcupines.
- African: The African porcupine is one of the largest rodents in the world, belonging to the same family as the Guinea Pig.
- small: Trail Of The Unexpected: Andringitra National Park, Madagascar Someone called out: " He's caught a small porcupine!
Modifies a noun
- quill: The probes act like porcupine quills in that the more they are moved, the deeper they work themselves.
- fish: Porcupine fish were hiding underneath small outcrops, their huge, doleful eyes peering out warily at the passing divers.
- tree: Porcupine Tree 's attraction for me has always been their ability to produce thoughtful music without the need for complicated arrangements.
- puffer: Marine Fish One very large porcupine puffer 6 to 7 inches.. .
Noun used with modifier
- tree: Wildlife is plentiful and includes the spider monkey, tree porcupine, parrots and hummingbirds.
Like giving dry birth to a porcupine.
The key is to be a porcupineöhave a reputation for being difficult.
Working for Warner Brothers was like fucking a porcupineöit's a hundred pricks against one.
To cite passages is to pull one quill from a porcupine.
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