[pawr-kyuh-pahyn] 
| any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America. |
| a river in NW Yukon Territory, Canada and NE Alaska, flowing N and W to the Yukon River. 448 mi. (721 km) long. |
| por·cu·pine (pôr'kyə-pīn') n. Any of various rodents of the Old World family Hystricidae or the New World family Erethizontidae, having long, sharp, erectile quills interspersed with coarse hair. [Middle English porke despine, from Old French porc espin : Latin porcus, pig; see porko- in Indo-European roots + Latin spīna, thorn, spine.] |
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