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Canadian porcupine en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).
   • Canadian porcupines may have coats varying from almost black to grizzled brown or "tweedy" slate. 1958, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Game News, volume 29, page 99:
   • The fisher is said to live much on frogs in the summer season; but I have been informed that its favourite food is the Canadian porcupine, which it kills by biting on the belly. 1838, Félix de Azara, The Natural History of the Quadrupeds of Paraquay and the River la Plata, page 262:
   • There are deer (Caribou), bears, wolves, foxes, martens, otters, beavers, and Canadian porcupines in the interior; most of which are hunted for their skins by the few inhabitants of the coast. 1837, Henry Wolsey Bayfield, Sailing Directions for the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence, page 173:

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Synonyms

cawquaw (Erethizon dorsatum) · urson (Erethizon dorsatum) · North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) · common porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)