Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urson

/ˈɝsən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ur-son
IPA: /ˈɝsən/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.

Example Sentences

"The urson (Hystrix dorsata)^([sic]) inhabits the United States and Canada, and is the only species of porcupine, properly so called, which appears to have the power of climbing trees."
"The urson might be called the spiny beaver, it being of the same size, the same country, and the same form of body;[…]. In the young ursons, the prickles are proportionably larger, more apparent, and the hair shorter and scarcer than in the adults."

Etymology

Compare urchin.

Inflected Forms

ursons (plural)

Synonyms

Canadian porcupine cawquaw North American porcupine common porcupine

Rhymes With

person mcpherson worsen macpherson gerson businessperson merson burson berson christoffersen searson mcphearson

Questions

How do you pronounce urson?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɝsən/.
What does urson mean?: A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.
Where does urson come from?: Compare urchin.

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