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Canadian porcupines

Canadian porcupines is the plural of Canadian porcupine.

Meaning of Canadian porcupine

Noun

Canadian porcupine (plural Canadian porcupines)

  1. A North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).
    • There are deer (Caribou), bears, wolves, foxes, martens, otters, beavers, and Canadian porcupines in the interior; most of which are hunted for their skins by the few inhabitants of the coast.1837, Henry Wolsey Bayfield, Sailing Directions for the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence, page 173
    Synonyms:
    cawquaw, North American porcupine, urson, common porcupine

Questions about Canadian porcupines

What is Canadian porcupines the plural of?
Canadian porcupines is the plural of Canadian porcupine.

Words near Canadian porcupines in the dictionary

  1. Canadian lynx
  2. Canadian lynxes
  3. Canadian plum
  4. Canadian poplar
  5. Canadian porcupine
  6. Canadian porcupines
  7. Canadian Prairies
  8. Canadian raising
  9. Canadian raisings
  10. Canadian red pine
  11. Canadian red pines

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