porcupine anteater

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noun

an echidna or spiny anteater.

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Origin of porcupine anteater

First recorded in 1865–70

He is the author of Broken Glass, Memoirs of a Porcupine, and African Psycho, among others.
Living Black & Gay in the ’50s|Alain Mabanckou|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My heart was racing, my hands felt like they were covered with porcupine quills.
‘You Have 30 Seconds’: The Real Captain Phillips’s Gripping Memoir|Captain Richard Phillips, Stephan Talty|October 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
One day, the porcupine has had enough, and turns to writing a memoir.
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 23, 2012|Jimmy So|April 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mabanckou pairs the porcupine with a Congolese boy, who attacks and kills neighbors and strangers with little provocation.
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 23, 2012|Jimmy So|April 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The Kutchin make pretty pipe-stems out of goose-quills wound about with porcupine-quills.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Mr. Van Britt blew his cheeks out until the stubby, cropped mustache bristled like porcupine quills.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
From the Jim Crow a drowsy porcupine trundled away bristling.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
The porcupine, meanwhile, had found something that interested him.
The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts
Only the porcupine was quite undaunted by the strange sounds.
The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts