Porcupine

/ˈpɔː(ɹ)kjʊˌpaɪn/

Synonyms for "porcupine" (48 found)

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Noun(3 words)
defensive personhedgehogirritable person

Related words (24)

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
animalbehavioral dispositiongnawermammalpersonpersonality traitrodent

More specific

4 entries
African crested porcupineNorth American porcupinedefensive negotiatorprickly colleague

Collocations

5 entries
African crested porcupineNorth American porcupineporcupine habitatporcupine quillsporcupine quillwork

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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I live with a porcupine.

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What's a porcupine?

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What's the difference between a hedgehog and a porcupine?

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Sami saw a porcupine in his backyard.

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