Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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The next day I got up and went over to get in the shower and there was a porcupine.

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

A bloodied but determined honey badger pursues a Cape porcupine in Botswana.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 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

The porcupine lifted her needle-sharp quills and the coyotes’ eyes flashed with wicked delight.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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