The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . ;jiick, also porciijiikc, simulating ^/ilrl,and porciijiiii. simulating pi;/^) = Pr. piirc-esjti:simulating OF. ; spike) = Sp. = Pg. poreo c.^pinho = It. porco .sr/iiwo(also porco ., < ML. spinomis), al)orciipine. lit. spiiu-hog,. .itckcl-rarkcn,stckihirijn, (i. .•<t<icliiUcliirciii, thorn-hog; = Dan. jiinihrin, pin-hog.] 1. Ahystriconiorphic rodent tpiadrnped of the fam-ily , o
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . ;jiick, also porciijiikc, simulating ^/ilrl,and porciijiiii. simulating pi;/^) = Pr. piirc-esjti:simulating OF. ; spike) = Sp. = Pg. poreo c.^pinho = It. porco .sr/iiwo(also porco ., < ML. spinomis), al)orciipine. lit. spiiu-hog,. .itckcl-rarkcn,stckihirijn, (i. .•<t<icliiUcliirciii, thorn-hog; = Dan. jiinihrin, pin-hog.] 1. Ahystriconiorphic rodent tpiadrnped of the fam-ily , of which there aic several gen-era and many species, representing two sub-families, \\wUiislriciniv or Old World porcu-pines, which are all terrestrial and fossorialanimals, and the .Spliinijnriii/r or New Worldporcupines, more or less arboreal, and in somecases liavinga prehensile tail. The spines or qnillswith which these animals are beset reach their highestdevelopment ill species of llyntrijc proper, as //.
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