Crossword-Solution: PORCUPINE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Porcupine | n. | Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known. |
| Porcupine | n. | Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “PORCUPINE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A real sharpie? | 1 answer |
| Quilled critter | 1 answer |
| Quill possessor | 1 answer |
| Quill bearer | 1 answer |
| Prototype of "Pogo" character. | 1 answer |
| Prickly critter | 1 answer |
| Mammal with quills | 1 answer |
| Creature with more than one spine | 1 answer |
| Bristly rodent | 1 answer |
| 525-mile river in Alaska | 1 answer |
| *Prickly animal that may consume bark (6 to 9) | 1 answer |
| Spiny critter | 2 answers |
| Prickly one | 2 answers |
| Featured creature (five letters) | 4 answers |
| Hedgehog | 4 answers |
| MAMMALIA | 16 answers |
| rodent | 33 answers |
| AGOUTI RELATIVE | 36 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with PORCUPINE (5)
Her first thought was of the weather, for Harney had asked her to take him to the brown house under Porcupine, and then around by Hamblin; and as the trip was a long one they were to start at nine.
Perhaps Ikki the Porcupine had told him; but he said to Mowgli when they were deep in the jungle, as the boy lay with his head on Bagheera’s beautiful black skin, “Little Brother, how often have I told thee that Shere Khan is thy enemy?” “As many times as there are nuts on that palm,” said Mowgli, who, naturally, could not count.
The walls were utterly bare of adornment; for the few strange things, such as a large dried bat with wings dispread, the skin of a porcupine, and a stuffed sea-mouse, could hardly be reckoned as such.
Methinks you are about to commit an act like that of the porcupine, who climbs a tree, balances himself upon a springy bough, and then gnaws off the very bough upon which he is sitting; hence, when it gives way, he falls upon the sharp rocks below.
She was very skilful at her embroidery, and her brothers all had beautifully worked quivers and bows embossed with porcupine quills.
Quotes with PORCUPINE (3)
A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said.
I don’t understand how I could have believed you were a warm, affectionate, and tenderhearted person! You’re obviously as prickly as a porcupine and any man who comes close to you will end up with a face full of quills!
And then, despite the fact that A. J. does not believe in God, he closes his eyes and thanks whomever, the higher power, with all his porcupine heart.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1960–2022).