porcupine
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The meaning (definition) of the word porcupine
a small animal covered in sharp, pointy spikes
The word porcupine used in a sentence
“A porcupine has sharp spikes all over its body to stay safe.”
Words that mean the same as porcupine (synonyms)
animal
The plural of the word porcupine
porcupines
How the word porcupine is said around the world
| French | porc-épic (pawrkaypeek) |
| Spanish | puerco espín (pwayrkoh ayspeen) |
| Mandarin | 豪猪 (háo zhū) |
| Hindi | साही (sahee) |
| Arabic | النيص (ahnnees) |
| Russian | дикобраз (dikobraz) |
| Portuguese (EU) | porco-espinho (pohruhkuushpeenyuu) |
| Portuguese (BR) | porco-espinho (pohruhkuuayspeenyuu) |
| Japanese | ヤマアラシ (yamaarashi) |
| German | Stachelschwein (shtahkhuhlshvyn) |
| Urdu | ساہی (sahee) |
| Punjabi | ਸਾਗ (sahg) |
| Korean | 호저 (hojeo) |
| Hebrew | דָרְבָּן (dahrbahnuh) |
| Greek | ακανθόχοιρος (akanthokhoiros) |
| Dutch | stekelvarken (staykelvahrkuhn) |
| Tagalog | porcupino (pawrchoopeenoh) |
| Vietnamese | con nhím (kawn nyeeurm) |
| Turkish | kirpi (kirpi) |
| Persian | جوجه تیغی (joojay teekee) |
| Polish | jeżozwierz (yezhawzvyesh) |
| Ukrainian | дикобраз (dykobraz) |
| Bengali | সজারু (shawgyahroo) |
| Swedish | piggsvin (pigsveen) |
| Italian | porcospino (pohrkohspeenoh) |
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