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Definition of Canada porcupine
1. Noun. Porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease.
Generic synonyms: New World Porcupine
Group relationships: Erethizon, Genus Erethizon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canada Porcupine
Literary usage of Canada porcupine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Saturday Magazine by Adam Matthew Publications (1841)
"The haunts of the canada porcupine are easily dig- coverable by the appearance
of the trees in the vicinity, the bark of which is its favourite food. ..."
2. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"In the canada porcupine the quills are usually shorter than the hair but in ...
Besides the canada porcupine we have one other closely allied species in ..."
3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"The canada porcupine is a sluggish animal. Hearne gays that the Indians going
... The canada porcupine makes its retreat amongst the roots of an old tree, ..."
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