North American porcupine

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North American porcupine

noun North American porcupines

A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum. It is, however, different from the North American porcupine, which is a rodent but is a member of the family of Erethizontidae, which is not represented in South America.
Similar: Canadian porcupine, cawquaw, urson, common porcupine

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noun Erethizon dorsatum

Русский	североамерика́нский дикобра́з severoamerikánskij dikobráz

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@misc{north_american_porcupine_2026,
  title = {North American porcupine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/north%20american%20porcupine},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}