Porcupine



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 豪猪, 箭猪
• ［记］ porc ( 猪) +upine ( =spine刺) -> 有刺的猪

Webster Collegiate

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-moving chiefly herbivorous rodents having sharp erectile spines mingled with the hair and constituting an Old World terrestrial family (Hystricidae) and a New World chiefly arboreal family (Erethizontidae)

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