Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spine pig

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: spine pig
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"Hares are fairly common, so also is the fretful porcupine, who, if he finds his way into your kitchen-garden, will play havoc with your pet vegetables. He is accounted delicate eating, this 'spine pig,' as the natives call him; [...]"
""Spine-swine (the edgehog misnamed hedgehog)," echidna, echinoderm, rhino, the spine pig or porcupine — "everything is battle-dressed"; [...]"
"Spine pig, spine pig, say me true, how your flesh befits a you so articulate in joint as to sharpen to your point. I've kept dogs ten thousand days; dodge my fears and play my joys out there in the forest's maze, [...]"

Etymology

From spine + pig, literal translation of porcupine.

Inflected Forms

spine pigs (plural)

Questions

What does spine pig mean?: Porcupine.
Where does spine pig come from?: From spine + pig, literal translation of porcupine.

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