porcupines
- plural of porcupine.
Example Sentences
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Porcupines are a type of rodent, and their ancestors likely originated in Africa more than 30 million years ago.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
Porcupines remained relatively small and evolved adaptations for life in the treetops of South America's lush rainforests.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
Porcupines, perhaps as much as any creature, show the variety of forms allowed to animals.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2022
The fog had now burned off, and the islands long tended by the Quinns, with names like Hardhead and the Porcupines, came into view.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2020
Porcupines lived there too, and wild-cats, pole-cats and a marten known as "black fox."
From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Haynie, Miriam
