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

Words nearby porcupine anteater

porch, porch pirate, porcine, porcino, porcupine, porcupine anteater, porcupinefish, porcupine grass, porcupine provisions, Porcupine River, pore

How to use porcupine anteater in a sentence

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