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A porcupine is a prickly rodent, a round forest animal that's covered in sharp, protective quills. How do you pet a porcupine? Very, very carefully.
Porcupine comes from Latin roots, porcus, “pig,” and spina, “spine or quill.” Fittingly, a regional name for the porcupine is “quill pig.” The porcupine is famous for its spines, which become spikier when it's afraid or angry. Less well known is the fact that porcupines also clatter their teeth loudly as a warning — all the more reason for your dog to feel embarrassed after she ends up with a nose full of porcupine quills.
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词根词缀
词根: spin
=thorn,表示”刺”
adj.
spiny 针状的,多刺的spin刺+y……的→adj.针状的,多刺的
n.
porcupine 豪猪,箭猪porc+upine=spine刺→有刺的猪→豪猪
spine 脊柱,脊椎;[动植物的]刺;书脊spin刺+e→n.脊柱,脊椎;[动植物的]刺;书脊
词根: porc
=pig,表示”猪”
adj.
porcine 猪的,似猪的porc猪+ine……的→adj.猪的,似猪的
n.
porcupine 豪猪,箭猪porc猪+upine=spine刺→有刺的猪→豪猪
pork 猪肉pork=porc猪→n.猪肉
porpoise 海豚, 小鲸porp=porc猪+oise鱼类→像猪一样的鱼→海豚