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brush-tailed porcupine

Syllables: brush-tailed por·cu·pine

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India/bɾaʃ ʈeːlɖ ˈpoːɾ.kjuˌpajn/

brush-tailed porcupine noun: a genus of mammals (Atherurus), of Old World porcupines, found in Asia and Africa.

brush-tailed porcupine: a genus of mammals (Atherurus), of Old World porcupines, found in Asia and Africa
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Noun

brush-tailed porcupine (plural brush-tailed porcupines)

  1. A genus of mammals (Atherurus), of Old World porcupines, found in Asia and Africa.

Forms of brush-tailed porcupine

pluralbrush-tailed porcupines

Questions about brush-tailed porcupine

What does brush-tailed porcupine mean?
Brush-tailed porcupine means a genus of mammals (Atherurus), of Old World porcupines, found in Asia and Africa.
What part of speech is brush-tailed porcupine?
Brush-tailed porcupine is a noun.
How do you pronounce brush-tailed porcupine?
Brush-tailed porcupine is pronounced /bɾaʃ ʈeːlɖ ˈpoːɾ.kjuˌpajn/ (India).
What is the plural of brush-tailed porcupine?
The plural of brush-tailed porcupine is brush-tailed porcupines.

Words near brush-tailed porcupine in the dictionary

  1. brush-tailed mouse
  2. brush-tailed penguin
  3. brush-tailed penguins
  4. brush-tailed phascogale
  5. brush-tailed phascogales
  6. brush-tailed porcupine
  7. brush-tailed porcupines
  8. brush-tailed possum
  9. brush-tailed possums
  10. brush-turkey
  11. brush-turkeys

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