Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - porcupine
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Porcupine
porcupine
geographical name river 448 miles (721 kilometers) in N Yukon Territory & NE Alaska flowing N & W into the Yukon PORCUPINE noun (plural ~s; also ~) 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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n. 1 any rodent of the family Hystricidae native to Africa, Asia, and SE Europe, or the family Erethizontidae native to America, having defensive spines or quills. 2 (attrib.) denoting any of various animals or other organisms with spines. Phrases and idioms porcupine fish a marine fish, Diodon hystrix, covered with sharp spines and often distending itself into a spherical shape. Derivatives porcupinish adj. porcupiny adj. Etymology: ME f. OF porc espin f. Prov. porc espi(n) ult. f. L porcus pig + spina thorn ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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дикобраз; дикобраз (Hystrix); pl дикобразовые (Hystricidae) – African brush-tailed porcupine – American porcupine – Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine – brush-tailed porcupine – Canadian porcupine – common porcupine – Indonesian porcupine – large porcupine – long-tailed porcupine – New World porcupine – North African crested porcupine – North American porcupine – Old World porcupines – pale South American porcupine – prehensile-tailed porcupine – sea porcupines – thin-spined porcupine – tree porcupine ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. дикобраз (Hystrix gen) 2. зоол. еж-рыба (Diodon) 3. текст. поркюпайн, ножевой барабан 4. игольчатый валик 5. тех. вращающийся стеллаж (для охлаждения оцинкованной листовой стали) Id: he's as prickly as a porcupine —- он колюч(ий) как еж ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(porcupines) A porcupine is an animal with many long, thin, sharp spikes on its back that stick out as protection when it is attacked. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n an animal with long, sharp, needlelike parts growing all over its back and sides which it can make point upwards ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., as porke despyne, from O.Fr. porc-espin, lit. "spiny pig," from L. porcus "hog" + spina "thorn, spine." The word had many forms in M.E. and early Mod.E., including portepyn, porkpen, porkenpick, porpoynt, and Shakespeare's version, porpentine (in "Hamlet"). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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