porcupine meaning in Sanskrit
श्वाविध् śvāvídh
/ˈpɔː(ɹ)kjʊˌpaɪn/
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porcupine in Sanskrit: श्वाविध् (śvāvídh), कमठ (kamaṭha). In English, porcupine means 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.
Sanskrit words for porcupine
- a porcupine
- श्वाविध् śvāvídh, कमठ kamaṭha
English meaning of porcupine
- noun 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.
- noun An echidna.
Synonyms of porcupine
porcupine in other languages
- porcupine in Hindi
- porcupine in Tamil
- porcupine in Marathi
- porcupine in Urdu
- porcupine in Bengali
- porcupine in Telugu
- porcupine in Malayalam
- porcupine in Kannada
- porcupine in Punjabi
- porcupine in Gujarati
- porcupine in Assamese
- porcupine in Pashto
- porcupine in Tagalog
- porcupine in Arabic
- porcupine in Malay
- porcupine in Indonesian
- porcupine in Persian
- porcupine in Thai
- porcupine in Vietnamese
- porcupine in Myanmar
Questions about porcupine in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of porcupine in Sanskrit?
- Porcupine in Sanskrit is श्वाविध् (śvāvídh), कमठ (kamaṭha).
- porcupine इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Porcupine: श्वाविध् (śvāvídh), कमठ (kamaṭha).
- What does porcupine mean in English?
- Porcupine means 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.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “porcupine”: कमठ, श्वाविध्. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: porcupine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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