Synonyms

1. hedgehog

Sentence Examples

1. Her stomach felt as if she had swallowed an angry porcupine.
2. He knew the breed, though he had never met it so far north before and never in his long life had porcupine served him for a meal.
3. Had the porcupine been entirely unrolled, or had it not discovered its enemy a fraction of a second before the blow was struck, the paw would have escaped unscathed but a side-flick of the tail sank sharp quills into it as it was withdrawn.
4. But the porcupine, squealing and grunting, with disrupted anatomy trying feebly to roll up into its ball-protection, flicked out its tail again, and again the big cat squalled with hurt and astonishment.
5. Not quite entirely had the porcupine unrolled when it discovered its enemy.
6. Each distant thicket seemed a strange porcupine with quills of flame.
7. The porcupine had at last decided that its enemy had gone away.
8. Spotted it hiding out in a crushed wardrobe with its fur sticking out like a porcupine.
9. He stalked the quarry and found it to be a porcupine, standing upright against a tree and trying his teeth on the bark.
10. The porcupine rolled itself into a ball, radiating long, sharp needles in all directions that defied attack.