porcupine

[pawr-kyuh-pahyn] / ˈpɔr kyəˌpaɪn /

NOUN

shrew

Synonyms

STRONG

backbiter battle-ax bitch carper detractor dragon fire-eater fishwife fury harpy harridan hellion muckraker nag ogress scold she-devil spitfire termagant tigress virago vixen

WEAK

calumniator hell cat reviler she-wolf vituperator

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Rick: The hotel pretty much just got the porcupine and left.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Scott: I think it might have been a Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

BBC Scotland News understands bedding was discovered with porcupine quills in the straw.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025

A new study published in the journal Current Biology claims to have reconciled the dispute, thanks to an exceptionally rare, nearly complete porcupine skeleton discovered in Florida.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

So Dasch asked a crewman to cut some thin tin into the image of the porcupine.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

porcupine

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