porcupine
noun
any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
porcupiny
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a word derived from
porcupine.
Example Sentences
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Company often; and strangers begin to come, demanding to see the authoress, who does not like it, and is porcupiny.
From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Louisa May Alcott
