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I don't know why, but this word is fun to say. Maybe it's all the "p"s in it. All meaning two. :/



por⋅cu⋅pine
   /ˈpɔrkyəˌpaɪn/ [pawr-kyuh-pahyn]
–noun
any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME porcupyne, var. of porcapyne; r. porke despyne < MF porc d'espine thorny pig. See pork, spine
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