porcupette
porcupette noun: a baby porcupine.
Noun
porcupette (plural porcupettes)
- A baby porcupine.
- To my horror, I saw that she had carefully retrieved a very live and healthy porcupette!2001, Warner Shedd, Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife
- A mother porcupine can give birth to between one and four porcupettes at one time.2013, Jeffrey Rouche, Porcupines in the Wild, page 16
Forms of porcupette
| plural | porcupettes |
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Origin of porcupette
From porcupine + -ette.
Words that rhyme with porcupette
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about porcupette
- What does porcupette mean?
- Porcupette means a baby porcupine.
- What part of speech is porcupette?
- Porcupette is a noun.
- What is the plural of porcupette?
- The plural of porcupette is porcupettes.
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