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New World porcupine — New World Porcupines Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Recent … Wikipedia
Old World porcupine — Old World porcupines Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent … Wikipedia
Porcupine — Taxobox name = Porcikupines| image caption = North American Porcupine regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia subordo = Hystricomorpha subdivision ranks = General subdivision = Family Erethizontidae : Coendou :… … Wikipedia
porcupine — /pawr kyeuh puyn /, n. any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America. [1375 1425; late ME porcupyne, var. of porcapyne; r. porke despyne < MF porc d espine thorny pig. See PORK … Universalium
porcupine — [pôr′kyə pīn΄] n. pl. porcupines or porcupine [ME porkepyn < MFr porc espin, spinous hog, spine hog < OIt porcospino < L porcus, pig (see FARROW1) + SPINE] any of a terrestrial Old World family (Hystricidae) or an arboreal New World… … English World dictionary
porcupine — noun (plural porcupines; also porcupine) Etymology: Middle English porke despyne, from Middle French porc espin, from Old Italian porcospino, from Latin porcus pig + spina spine, prickle Date: 15th century any of various relatively large slow… … New Collegiate Dictionary
porcupine — noun a large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail. [Families Hystricidae (Old World) and Erethizontidae (New World).] Origin ME: from OFr. porc espin, from Provençal porc espi(n), from L. porcus pig + spina thorn … English new terms dictionary
porcupine — por•cu•pine [[t]ˈpɔr kyəˌpaɪn[/t]] n. mam any large rodent of the New World family Erethizontidae or the Old World family Hystricidae, having stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME porcupyne, porcapyne, ME porke… … From formal English to slang
Roosmalen's Dwarf Porcupine — Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] … Wikipedia
North American Porcupine — Temporal range: Late Pliocene Recent BioDome, Montreal Conservation status … Wikipedia
