porcupine

noun
🔊/ˈpɔːkjupaɪn/
🔊/ˈpɔːrkjupaɪn/
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  1. an animal covered with long, stiff parts like needles (called quills), which it can raise to protect itself when it is attacked豪猪;箭猪
    Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French porc espin, from Provençal porc espi(n), from Latin porcus ‘pig’ + spina ‘thorn’.