Definition of porcupine in English:

porcupine

noun ˈpɔːkjʊpʌɪnˈpɔrkjəˌpaɪn

A large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail.
豪猪，箭猪
Suborder Hystricomorpha: families Hystricidae (three Old World genera) and Erethizontidae (four New World genera)
Example sentencesExamples
- Eight other species, including pacas, pacaranas, spiny rats and porcupines, also steal Brazil nuts stored by agoutis.
- Burrows which have been abandoned may be used for shelter by bats, ground squirrels, hares, cats, civets, hyenas, jackals, porcupines, monitor lizards, owls and warthogs.
- Other South American rodents include guinea pigs, chinchillas, and New World porcupines (one species of which has dispersed into North America).
- These ‘resistance’ characters include such obvious traits as the quills on a porcupine or the puffing of a puffer fish.
- Like elephants, hippos and bushpigs, porcupines are nocturnal crop raiders.
- Is it closest to the mole rats, or porcupines, or even chinchillas?
- As is the case with North American porcupines, the quills are loosely attached but can't be thrown or otherwise projected.
- The quills are so lightly fixed to the porcupine's body that they are easily detached and left imbedded in the attacker.
- Whole lions at £5,000 a head, antelopes, porcupines, goats, cane rats and large, live snails - all from West Africa - were also candidates for the dinner table.
- Hedgehogs, porcupines, and some Old World salamanders sport protective spines.
- The ermine's diet consists primarily of mice, but they also prey upon cottontails, small hares, porcupines, squirrels, pikas, and rats.
- Despite the fact that they burrow underground like moles, and have big front teeth like rats have, naked mole-rats are more closely related to porcupines and guinea pigs than to moles or rats.
- They also sometimes roost in the burrows of other mammals such as hedgehogs, porcupines, and aardvarks.
- Other animals photographed included elephants, sun bears, porcupines, clouded leopards, wild dogs, and panthers.
- TWO little boys giggle as they play hide and seek among hundreds of filthy cages packed tight with civet cats, dogs, porcupines and squirrels.
- They have to contend with elephants, hippos, bushpigs, porcupines, vervet monkeys, baboons and birds which are after their crops.
- Most birdwatchers come to see the rare brown-necked parrots that frequent the area, but there's also a hide where you can see porcupines and bushbuck.
- The rodent also seems to be an ancestor of the hystricognaths, a group of rodents that is spread across the globe and includes porcupines, African mole rats, guinea pigs, and chinchillas.
- The Erethizontidae is a family of rodents commonly known as the New World porcupines.
- Molluscs, barnacles, mussels, oysters, tortoises, hedgehogs, armadillos, porcupines, rhinos all grow their own.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French porc espin, from Provençal porc espi(n), from Latin porcus 'pig' + spina 'thorn'.

An early form of porcupine was porke despyne, which possibly came from Latin porcus spinosus ‘prickly pig’. The word appeared in many forms between the 15th and 17th centuries, including portepyn, porkpen, porkenpick, and porpoynt. Shakespeare knew the animal as a porpentine and it appears in this form in his plays, often as the name of an inn. The ghost of Hamlet's father tells Hamlet that his story could make his son's hairs ‘stand on end, / Like quills upon the fretful porpentine’.

Definition of porcupine in US English:

porcupine

nounˈpɔrkjəˌpaɪnˈpôrkyəˌpīn

A large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail.
豪猪，箭猪
Suborder Hystricomorpha: families Hystricidae (three Old World genera) and Erethizontidae (four New World genera). The common North American species is Erethizon dorsatum
Example sentencesExamples
- Burrows which have been abandoned may be used for shelter by bats, ground squirrels, hares, cats, civets, hyenas, jackals, porcupines, monitor lizards, owls and warthogs.
- Whole lions at £5,000 a head, antelopes, porcupines, goats, cane rats and large, live snails - all from West Africa - were also candidates for the dinner table.
- The quills are so lightly fixed to the porcupine's body that they are easily detached and left imbedded in the attacker.
- Other animals photographed included elephants, sun bears, porcupines, clouded leopards, wild dogs, and panthers.
- As is the case with North American porcupines, the quills are loosely attached but can't be thrown or otherwise projected.
- Like elephants, hippos and bushpigs, porcupines are nocturnal crop raiders.
- The Erethizontidae is a family of rodents commonly known as the New World porcupines.
- They also sometimes roost in the burrows of other mammals such as hedgehogs, porcupines, and aardvarks.
- The rodent also seems to be an ancestor of the hystricognaths, a group of rodents that is spread across the globe and includes porcupines, African mole rats, guinea pigs, and chinchillas.
- Other South American rodents include guinea pigs, chinchillas, and New World porcupines (one species of which has dispersed into North America).
- Eight other species, including pacas, pacaranas, spiny rats and porcupines, also steal Brazil nuts stored by agoutis.
- Most birdwatchers come to see the rare brown-necked parrots that frequent the area, but there's also a hide where you can see porcupines and bushbuck.
- Hedgehogs, porcupines, and some Old World salamanders sport protective spines.
- TWO little boys giggle as they play hide and seek among hundreds of filthy cages packed tight with civet cats, dogs, porcupines and squirrels.
- Despite the fact that they burrow underground like moles, and have big front teeth like rats have, naked mole-rats are more closely related to porcupines and guinea pigs than to moles or rats.
- They have to contend with elephants, hippos, bushpigs, porcupines, vervet monkeys, baboons and birds which are after their crops.
- The ermine's diet consists primarily of mice, but they also prey upon cottontails, small hares, porcupines, squirrels, pikas, and rats.
- Molluscs, barnacles, mussels, oysters, tortoises, hedgehogs, armadillos, porcupines, rhinos all grow their own.
- These ‘resistance’ characters include such obvious traits as the quills on a porcupine or the puffing of a puffer fish.
- Is it closest to the mole rats, or porcupines, or even chinchillas?

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French porc espin, from Provençal porc espi(n), from Latin porcus ‘pig’ + spina ‘thorn’.

词汇	porcupine
释义	Definition of porcupine in English: porcupine noun ˈpɔːkjʊpʌɪnˈpɔrkjəˌpaɪn A large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail. 豪猪，箭猪 Suborder Hystricomorpha: families Hystricidae (three Old World genera) and Erethizontidae (four New World genera) Example sentencesExamples Eight other species, including pacas, pacaranas, spiny rats and porcupines, also steal Brazil nuts stored by agoutis. Burrows which have been abandoned may be used for shelter by bats, ground squirrels, hares, cats, civets, hyenas, jackals, porcupines, monitor lizards, owls and warthogs. Other South American rodents include guinea pigs, chinchillas, and New World porcupines (one species of which has dispersed into North America). These ‘resistance’ characters include such obvious traits as the quills on a porcupine or the puffing of a puffer fish. Like elephants, hippos and bushpigs, porcupines are nocturnal crop raiders. Is it closest to the mole rats, or porcupines, or even chinchillas? As is the case with North American porcupines, the quills are loosely attached but can't be thrown or otherwise projected. The quills are so lightly fixed to the porcupine's body that they are easily detached and left imbedded in the attacker. Whole lions at £5,000 a head, antelopes, porcupines, goats, cane rats and large, live snails - all from West Africa - were also candidates for the dinner table. Hedgehogs, porcupines, and some Old World salamanders sport protective spines. The ermine's diet consists primarily of mice, but they also prey upon cottontails, small hares, porcupines, squirrels, pikas, and rats. Despite the fact that they burrow underground like moles, and have big front teeth like rats have, naked mole-rats are more closely related to porcupines and guinea pigs than to moles or rats. They also sometimes roost in the burrows of other mammals such as hedgehogs, porcupines, and aardvarks. Other animals photographed included elephants, sun bears, porcupines, clouded leopards, wild dogs, and panthers. TWO little boys giggle as they play hide and seek among hundreds of filthy cages packed tight with civet cats, dogs, porcupines and squirrels. They have to contend with elephants, hippos, bushpigs, porcupines, vervet monkeys, baboons and birds which are after their crops. Most birdwatchers come to see the rare brown-necked parrots that frequent the area, but there's also a hide where you can see porcupines and bushbuck. The rodent also seems to be an ancestor of the hystricognaths, a group of rodents that is spread across the globe and includes porcupines, African mole rats, guinea pigs, and chinchillas. The Erethizontidae is a family of rodents commonly known as the New World porcupines. Molluscs, barnacles, mussels, oysters, tortoises, hedgehogs, armadillos, porcupines, rhinos all grow their own. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French porc espin, from Provençal porc espi(n), from Latin porcus 'pig' + spina 'thorn'. An early form of porcupine was porke despyne, which possibly came from Latin porcus spinosus ‘prickly pig’. The word appeared in many forms between the 15th and 17th centuries, including portepyn, porkpen, porkenpick, and porpoynt. Shakespeare knew the animal as a porpentine and it appears in this form in his plays, often as the name of an inn. The ghost of Hamlet's father tells Hamlet that his story could make his son's hairs ‘stand on end, / Like quills upon the fretful porpentine’. Definition of porcupine in US English: porcupine nounˈpɔrkjəˌpaɪnˈpôrkyəˌpīn A large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail. 豪猪，箭猪 Suborder Hystricomorpha: families Hystricidae (three Old World genera) and Erethizontidae (four New World genera). The common North American species is Erethizon dorsatum Example sentencesExamples Burrows which have been abandoned may be used for shelter by bats, ground squirrels, hares, cats, civets, hyenas, jackals, porcupines, monitor lizards, owls and warthogs. Whole lions at £5,000 a head, antelopes, porcupines, goats, cane rats and large, live snails - all from West Africa - were also candidates for the dinner table. The quills are so lightly fixed to the porcupine's body that they are easily detached and left imbedded in the attacker. Other animals photographed included elephants, sun bears, porcupines, clouded leopards, wild dogs, and panthers. As is the case with North American porcupines, the quills are loosely attached but can't be thrown or otherwise projected. Like elephants, hippos and bushpigs, porcupines are nocturnal crop raiders. The Erethizontidae is a family of rodents commonly known as the New World porcupines. They also sometimes roost in the burrows of other mammals such as hedgehogs, porcupines, and aardvarks. The rodent also seems to be an ancestor of the hystricognaths, a group of rodents that is spread across the globe and includes porcupines, African mole rats, guinea pigs, and chinchillas. Other South American rodents include guinea pigs, chinchillas, and New World porcupines (one species of which has dispersed into North America). Eight other species, including pacas, pacaranas, spiny rats and porcupines, also steal Brazil nuts stored by agoutis. Most birdwatchers come to see the rare brown-necked parrots that frequent the area, but there's also a hide where you can see porcupines and bushbuck. Hedgehogs, porcupines, and some Old World salamanders sport protective spines. TWO little boys giggle as they play hide and seek among hundreds of filthy cages packed tight with civet cats, dogs, porcupines and squirrels. Despite the fact that they burrow underground like moles, and have big front teeth like rats have, naked mole-rats are more closely related to porcupines and guinea pigs than to moles or rats. They have to contend with elephants, hippos, bushpigs, porcupines, vervet monkeys, baboons and birds which are after their crops. The ermine's diet consists primarily of mice, but they also prey upon cottontails, small hares, porcupines, squirrels, pikas, and rats. Molluscs, barnacles, mussels, oysters, tortoises, hedgehogs, armadillos, porcupines, rhinos all grow their own. These ‘resistance’ characters include such obvious traits as the quills on a porcupine or the puffing of a puffer fish. Is it closest to the mole rats, or porcupines, or even chinchillas? Origin Late Middle English: from Old French porc espin, from Provençal porc espi(n), from Latin porcus ‘pig’ + spina ‘thorn’.
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