new world porcupine
1New World porcupine — New World Porcupines Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Recent …
2New World porcupine — noun arboreal porcupine • Hypernyms: ↑porcupine, ↑hedgehog • Hyponyms: ↑Canada porcupine, ↑Erethizon dorsatum • Member Holonyms: ↑Erethizontidae, ↑family Erethiz …
3Old World porcupine — Old World porcupines Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent …
4Porcupine — 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 :… …
5porcupine — /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 …
6porcupine — [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… …
7porcupine — 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… …
8porcupine — 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 …
9porcupine — 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… …
10Roosmalen's Dwarf Porcupine — Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] …
