Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old world porcupine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: old -world -por-cu-pine
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the large, spiny-furred rodents of the family Hystricidae, native to the southern Eurasia and Africa.

Example Sentences

"Rodents are represented by four families: squirrels, Old World porcupines, mice and rats, and bamboo rats."
"Old World porcupines inhabit much of Africa, southern Europe, and Asia. Old World porcupines are also known to gnaw on bones (Bruno and Riccardi 1995; Nowak 1999; Smithers, Skinner, and Chimimba 2005; Barhelmess 2006; Arslan 2008)."
"Erethizon characteristically takes shelter in rock piles, beneath overhanging rocks, or in hollow logs but (as other New World porcupines) does not dig burrows as do Old World porcupines."

Inflected Forms

Old World porcupines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

New World porcupine

Synonyms

hystricid

Questions

What does old world porcupine mean?: Any of the large, spiny-furred rodents of the family Hystricidae, native to the southern Eurasia and Africa.

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