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porkypine

porkypine is the pronunciation spelling of porcupine.

Meaning of porcupine

Noun

porcupine (plural porcupines)

  1. Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.
    • I have no evidence of grizzlies killing porcupines or vice versa. However, occasionally there is contact and sometimes a grizzly is injured or a porcupine killed, but the latter is rare.1981, Adolph Murie, The Grizzlies of Mount McKinley, page 218
    Synonyms:
    spine pig, porky
  2. (Australia, dated) An echidna.

Forms of porkypine

pluralporkypines

Questions about porkypine

What is porkypine the pronunciation spelling of?
Porkypine is the pronunciation spelling of porcupine.

Words near porkypine in the dictionary

  1. Porkulus
  2. porkwood
  3. porky
  4. porky pie
  5. porky pies
  6. porkypine
  7. porkypines
  8. Porlamar
  9. porlock
  10. Porlock Weir
  11. porlocked

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