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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɔː(ɹ)kjʊˌpaɪn/, /ˈpɔː(ɹ)kiˌpaɪn/, /ˈpɔː(ɹ)kɪˌpaɪn/, /ˈpɔː(ɹ)kəˌpaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-porcupine.wav Forms: porcupines [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English porke despyne, from Old French porc-espin, from Latin porcus (“pig”) + spinus (“spine”), hence also spine pig. Cognate with Spanish puercoespín, Italian porcospino, Portuguese porco-espinho. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|porke despyne}} Middle English porke despyne, {{der|en|fro|porc-espin}} Old French porc-espin, {{der|en|la|porcus||pig}} Latin porcus (“pig”), {{cog|es|puercoespín}} Spanish puercoespín, {{cog|it|porcospino}} Italian porcospino, {{cog|pt|porco-espinho}} Portuguese porco-espinho Head templates: {{en-noun}} porcupine (plural porcupines)
  1. Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised. Wikidata QID: Q1223829 Wikipedia link: porcupine Categories (lifeform): Caviomorphs, Phiomorphs Synonyms: porpentine, porpintine (english: archaic alterations of porcupine) Synonyms (any species of Hystricidae or Erethizontidae): spine pig, porky Hyponyms (any species of Erethizontidae): porcupette (english: baby porcupine) Related terms: porcine, porcupette, porcus, porky, porpentine, echidna, hedgehog, spiny anteater, urchin, urson (taxonomic: Erethizon dorsatum) Translations (large rodent): kôgw (Abenaki), coo (Acholi), ystervark (Afrikaans), ὕστριξ (hústrix) [feminine, masculine] (Ancient Greek), نَيْص (nayṣ) [masculine] (Arabic), دُلْدُل (duldul) [masculine] (Arabic), نيص (nēṣ) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), խոզուկ (xozuk) (Armenian), ոզնի (ozni) (Armenian), কেঁটেলা পহু (kẽtela pohu) (Assamese), escurpín [masculine] (Asturian), gochuspín [masculine] (Asturian), perrucuspín [masculine] (Asturian), oxlu kirpi (Azerbaijani), arantzurde (Basque), bidiek (Bau Bidayuh), дзікабра́з (dzikabráz) [masculine] (Belarusian), бодливо прасе (bodlivo prase) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဖြူ (hpru) (Burmese), ဖြူကောင် (hprukaung) (Burmese), porc espí [masculine] (Catalan), سیخوڕ (sîxurr) (Central Kurdish), سووچەڕ (sûçerr) (Central Kurdish), tejaan (Central Melanau), tetuong (Central Melanau), ᏧᏥ (tsutsi) (Cherokee), ᎣᎦᎾᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏧᏥᏲᏍᏗ (oganaiyusdi tsutsiyosdi) (Cherokee), heškovėstse (Cheyenne), nungu (Chichewa), 豪豬 /豪猪 (háozhū) (Chinese Mandarin), ᑳᑿ (kaakwa) (Cree), dikobraz [masculine] (Czech), pahiŋ (Dakota), hulepindsvin [neuter] (Danish), træpindsvin [neuter] (Danish), stekelvarken [neuter] (Dutch), histriko (Esperanto), okassiga (Estonian), piikkisika (Finnish), akâkwa (Fox), porc-épic [masculine] (French), porco espiño [masculine] (Galician), მაჩვზღარბა (mačvzɣarba) (Georgian), Stachelschwein [neuter] (German), Baumstachler [masculine] (German), Baumstachelschwein [neuter] (German), Urson [masculine] (German), Quastenstachler [masculine] (German), ακανθόχοιρος (akanthóchoiros) [masculine] (Greek), શાહુડી (śāhuḍī) (Gujarati), सेह (seh) (Haryanvi), सेही (sehī) (Haryanvi), kipoka (Hawaiian), דורבן (Hebrew), דָּרְבָּן (dorbán) [masculine] (Hebrew), साही (sāhī) [feminine] (Hindi), muungyaw (Hopi), sül (Hungarian), Stacheldier [neuter] (Hunsrik), landak (Iban), landak (Indonesian), ᐃᓛᖁᑦᓯᖅ (ilaaqotsiq) (Inuktitut), torcán [masculine] (Irish), istrice [masculine] (Italian), porcospino [masculine] (Italian), ヤマアラシ (yamaarashi) (Japanese), 山荒 (yamaarashi) (alt: やまあらし) (Japanese), dumsi (Jingpho), šu (Kalasha), жайра (jaira) (Kazakh), ប្រមា (prɑmaa) (Khmer), កាំប្រមា (kam prɑmaa) (Khmer), njege [class-10, class-9] (Kikuyu), wutun (Kimaragang), lisis (Kimaragang), 호저 (hojeo) (Korean), 산미치광이 (sanmichigwang'i) (Korean), чүткөр (cütkör) (Kyrgyz), жайра (jayra) (Kyrgyz), ເໝັ້ນ (men) (Lao), hystrix [feminine] (Latin), dzeloņcūka [feminine] (Latvian), dygliatriušis (english: some genera) [masculine] (Lithuanian), ursonas (english: other genera) [masculine] (Lithuanian), štapata swinja [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), enjekeche (Luhya), landak (Malay), cewe duri (Malay), साळू (sāḷū) (Marathi), matues [animate] (Mi'kmaq), aakaawita (Miami), kôq (Mohegan-Pequot), ဗလေၚ် (Mon), kakᵘ (Montagnais), dahsání (Navajo), sîxurr (Northern Kurdish), hulepinnsvin (Norwegian), hulepiggsvin [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hulepinnsvin [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), trepiggsvin [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), trepinnsvin [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), holepiggsvin [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), trepiggsvin [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pòrc-espin [masculine] (Occitan), gaag (Ojibwe), كرپی (kirpi) (Ottoman Turkish), salla [masculine] (Pali), sallaka [masculine] (Pali), ششګی (šašgáy) [masculine] (Pashto), cuururaruus (Pawnee), خارپشت (xârpošt) (Persian), تشی (taši) (Persian), سگرنه (sogorne) (Persian), jeżozwierz [masculine] (Polish), porco-espinho (english: Old World porcupine) [masculine] (Portuguese), cuandu (english: New World porcupine) (Portuguese), ਸੇਹ (seh) [feminine] (Punjabi), porc spinos (Romanian), porc-ghimpos [masculine] (Romanian), дикобра́з (dikobráz) [masculine] (Russian), larak (Sebop), дикобраз [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dikobraz [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), မဵၼ်ႈ (māen) (Shan), ježevec [masculine] (Slovene), noko (Sotho), سیخوْڕ (sîxwirr) (Southern Kurdish), سۊچەڕ (süçerr) (Southern Kurdish), سێخچووڵی (sêxçûllî) (Southern Kurdish), puercoespín [masculine] (Spanish), agidya (taxonomic: Coendou prehensilis) (Sranan Tongo), nungunungu [class-10, class-9] (Swahili), piggsvin [neuter] (Swedish), jordpiggsvin [neuter] (Swedish), trädpiggsvin [neuter] (Swedish), buuron (Tagal Murut), karuui (Tagal Murut), landak (Tagalog), pwerkospin (Tagalog), ҷайра (jayra) (Tajik), дугпушт (dugpušt) (Tajik), முள்ளம்பன்றி (muḷḷampaṉṟi) (Tamil), เม่น (mên) (Thai), oklu kirpi (Turkish), дикобра́з (dykobráz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kawiya (Unami), سیہہ (Urdu), جەيرە (jeyre) (Uyghur), jayra (Uzbek), nhím (Vietnamese), ballasg [masculine] (Welsh), ychel (West Frisian), dahszíné (Western Apache), saaw mi (Wolof), שטעכל־חזיר (shtekhl-khazer) [masculine] (Yiddish), יאָזש (yozh) (note: also "hedgehog") [masculine] (Yiddish), ilaanquciq (Yup'ik)
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Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Pali translations, Terms with Pashto translations, Terms with Pawnee translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Punjabi translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sebop translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Shan translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Sotho translations, Terms with Southern Kurdish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Sranan Tongo translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagal Murut translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Unami translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with West Frisian translations, Terms with Western Apache translations, Terms with Wolof translations, Terms with Yiddish translations, Terms with Yup'ik translations, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Derived forms: African brush-tailed porcupine (taxonomic: Atherurus africanus), African crested porcupine, Andean porcupine (taxonomic: Coendou quichua), Bahia porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus insidiosus), bicolored-spined porcupine (taxonomic: Coendou bicolor), black dwarf porcupine (taxonomic: Coendou nycthemera), black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus melanurus), Brazilian porcupine (taxonomic: Coendou prehensilis), bristle-spined porcupine (alt: = bristle-spined rat) (taxonomic: Chaetomys subspinosus), brown hairy dwarf porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus vestitus), Canada porcupine (taxonomic: Erethizon dorsatum), Canadian porcupine (taxonomic: Erethizon dorsatum), Cape porcupine, common porcupine (taxonomic: Erethizon dorsatum), crested porcupine (taxonomic: Hystrix cristata), frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus pruinosus), Koopman's porcupine (taxonomic: Coendou nycthemera), Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus mexicanus), Mexican tree porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus mexicanus), New World porcupine (english: Erethizontidae), North American porcupine (taxonomic: Erethizon dorsatum), Old World porcupine (english: Hystricidae), orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus villosus), Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus spinosus), Porcs, Porcupine Abyssal Plain (english: PAP), Porcupine Bank, porcupine caribou (alt: = Grant's caribou) (taxonomic: Rangifer tarandus granti), Porcupine Creek, porcupine family, porcupinefish, porcupine fish (english: Tetraodontidae), Porcupine Flat Campground, porcupine flower (taxonomic: Barleria prionitis), Porcupine Freedom Festival (alt: PorcFest), Porcupine Gold Rush, Porcupine Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia (alt: = Porcupine Gorge), porcupine grass, Porcupine Hills, Porcupine Lake, Porcupine Mall, Porcupine Meadows Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, Porcupine Mountains, Michigan (alt: = Porkies), Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Porcupine, Ontario, Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan, porcupine puffer, Porcupine River, Porcupine Seabight, South Dakota, Wisconsin, prehensile-tailed porcupine (taxonomic: Coendou spp.), Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus roosmalenorum), Rothschild's porcupine (taxonomic: Coendou rothschildi), Santa Marta porcupine (taxonomic: Coendou sanctamartae), sea porcupine, South Porcupine, streaked dwarf porcupine (taxonomic: Sphiggurus ichillus), stump-tailed porcupine (taxonomic: Echinoprocta rufescens), thin-spined porcupine (alt: = bristle-spined rat) (taxonomic: Chaetomys subspinosus), USS Porcupine

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          "taxonomic": "Atherurus africanus",
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          "taxonomic": "Erethizon dorsatum",
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          "taxonomic": "Sphiggurus villosus",
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          "taxonomic": "Sphiggurus spinosus",
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          "word": "Porcupine Flat Campground"
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          "taxonomic": "Barleria prionitis",
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          "word": "Porcupine Gorge National Park"
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        {
          "word": "Queensland"
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          "alt": "= Porcupine Gorge",
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          "word": "Porcupine Meadows Provincial Park"
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          "word": "British Columbia"
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        {
          "word": "Porcupine Mountains"
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          "alt": "= Porkies",
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          "word": "Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park"
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          "taxonomic": "Coendou spp.",
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          "taxonomic": "Sphiggurus roosmalenorum",
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          "taxonomic": "Sphiggurus ichillus",
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          "ref": "1981, Adolph Murie, The Grizzlies of Mount McKinley, page 218:",
          "text": "I have no evidence of grizzlies killing porcupines or vice versa. However, occasionally there is contact and sometimes a grizzly is injured or a porcupine killed, but the latter is rare.",
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          "code": "mel",
          "lang": "Central Melanau",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "tetuong"
        },
        {
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "tsutsi",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "ᏧᏥ"
        },
        {
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "oganaiyusdi tsutsiyosdi",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "ᎣᎦᎾᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏧᏥᏲᏍᏗ"
        },
        {
          "code": "chy",
          "lang": "Cheyenne",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "heškovėstse"
        },
        {
          "code": "ny",
          "lang": "Chichewa",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "nungu"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "háozhū",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "豪豬 /豪猪"
        },
        {
          "code": "cr",
          "lang": "Cree",
          "roman": "kaakwa",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "ᑳᑿ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dikobraz"
        },
        {
          "code": "dak",
          "lang": "Dakota",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "pahiŋ"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hulepindsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "træpindsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "stekelvarken"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "histriko"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "okassiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "piikkisika"
        },
        {
          "code": "sac",
          "lang": "Fox",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "akâkwa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porc-épic"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porco espiño"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mačvzɣarba",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "მაჩვზღარბა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Stachelschwein"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Baumstachler"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Baumstachelschwein"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Urson"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Quastenstachler"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "akanthóchoiros",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ακανθόχοιρος"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hústrix",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ὕστριξ"
        },
        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "śāhuḍī",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "શાહુડી"
        },
        {
          "code": "bgc",
          "lang": "Haryanvi",
          "roman": "seh",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "सेह"
        },
        {
          "code": "bgc",
          "lang": "Haryanvi",
          "roman": "sehī",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "सेही"
        },
        {
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "kipoka"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "דורבן"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "dorbán",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "דָּרְבָּן"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sāhī",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "साही"
        },
        {
          "code": "hop",
          "lang": "Hopi",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "muungyaw"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "sül"
        },
        {
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Stacheldier"
        },
        {
          "code": "iba",
          "lang": "Iban",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "landak"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "landak"
        },
        {
          "code": "iu",
          "lang": "Inuktitut",
          "roman": "ilaaqotsiq",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "ᐃᓛᖁᑦᓯᖅ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "torcán"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "istrice"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porcospino"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yamaarashi",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "ヤマアラシ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "やまあらし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yamaarashi",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "山荒"
        },
        {
          "code": "kac",
          "lang": "Jingpho",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "dumsi"
        },
        {
          "code": "kls",
          "lang": "Kalasha",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "šu"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jaira",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "жайра"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɑmaa",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "ប្រមា"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kam prɑmaa",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "កាំប្រមា"
        },
        {
          "code": "ki",
          "lang": "Kikuyu",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "class-10",
            "class-9"
          ],
          "word": "njege"
        },
        {
          "code": "kqr",
          "lang": "Kimaragang",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "wutun"
        },
        {
          "code": "kqr",
          "lang": "Kimaragang",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "lisis"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hojeo",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "호저"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sanmichigwang'i",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "산미치광이"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "sîxurr",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "سیخوڕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "sûçerr",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "سووچەڕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "sîxurr"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdh",
          "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
          "roman": "sîxwirr",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "سیخوْڕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdh",
          "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
          "roman": "süçerr",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "سۊچەڕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdh",
          "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
          "roman": "sêxçûllî",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "سێخچووڵی"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "cütkör",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "чүткөр"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jayra",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "жайра"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "men",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "ເໝັ້ນ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hystrix"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dzeloņcūka"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "english": "some genera",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dygliatriušis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "english": "other genera",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ursonas"
        },
        {
          "code": "luy",
          "lang": "Luhya",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "enjekeche"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "landak"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "cewe duri"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "sāḷū",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "साळू"
        },
        {
          "code": "mic",
          "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "animate"
          ],
          "word": "matues"
        },
        {
          "code": "mia",
          "lang": "Miami",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "aakaawita"
        },
        {
          "code": "xpq",
          "lang": "Mohegan-Pequot",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "kôq"
        },
        {
          "code": "mnw",
          "lang": "Mon",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "ဗလေၚ်"
        },
        {
          "code": "moe",
          "lang": "Montagnais",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "kakᵘ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "dahsání"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "hulepinnsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hulepiggsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hulepinnsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "trepiggsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "trepinnsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "holepiggsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "trepiggsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pòrc-espin"
        },
        {
          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "gaag"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kirpi",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "كرپی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pi",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "salla"
        },
        {
          "code": "pi",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sallaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "šašgáy",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ششګی"
        },
        {
          "code": "paw",
          "lang": "Pawnee",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "cuururaruus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xârpošt",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "خارپشت"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "taši",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "تشی"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sogorne",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "سگرنه"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jeżozwierz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "Old World porcupine",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porco-espinho"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "New World porcupine",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "cuandu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "seh",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ਸੇਹ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "porc spinos"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porc-ghimpos"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dikobráz",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дикобра́з"
        },
        {
          "code": "sib",
          "lang": "Sebop",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "larak"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дикобраз"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dikobraz"
        },
        {
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "māen",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "မဵၼ်ႈ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ježevec"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "štapata swinja"
        },
        {
          "code": "st",
          "lang": "Sotho",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "noko"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "puercoespín"
        },
        {
          "code": "srn",
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "taxonomic": "Coendou prehensilis",
          "word": "agidya"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "class-10",
            "class-9"
          ],
          "word": "nungunungu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "piggsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "jordpiggsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "trädpiggsvin"
        },
        {
          "code": "mvv",
          "lang": "Tagal Murut",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "buuron"
        },
        {
          "code": "mvv",
          "lang": "Tagal Murut",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "karuui"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "landak"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "pwerkospin"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "jayra",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "ҷайра"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "dugpušt",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "дугпушт"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "muḷḷampaṉṟi",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "முள்ளம்பன்றி"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mên",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "เม่น"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "oklu kirpi"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dykobráz",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дикобра́з"
        },
        {
          "code": "unm",
          "lang": "Unami",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "kawiya"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "سیہہ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "jeyre",
          "sense": "large rodent",
          "word": "جەيرە"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
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      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "tejaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "tetuong"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "tsutsi",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ᏧᏥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "oganaiyusdi tsutsiyosdi",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ᎣᎦᎾᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏧᏥᏲᏍᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "chy",
      "lang": "Cheyenne",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "heškovėstse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "nungu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "háozhū",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "豪豬 /豪猪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cr",
      "lang": "Cree",
      "roman": "kaakwa",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ᑳᑿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dikobraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "dak",
      "lang": "Dakota",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "pahiŋ"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hulepindsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "træpindsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stekelvarken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "histriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "okassiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "piikkisika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sac",
      "lang": "Fox",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "akâkwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porc-épic"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porco espiño"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mačvzɣarba",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "მაჩვზღარბა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Stachelschwein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Baumstachler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Baumstachelschwein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Urson"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quastenstachler"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akanthóchoiros",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ακανθόχοιρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hústrix",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ὕστριξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "śāhuḍī",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "શાહુડી"
    },
    {
      "code": "bgc",
      "lang": "Haryanvi",
      "roman": "seh",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "सेह"
    },
    {
      "code": "bgc",
      "lang": "Haryanvi",
      "roman": "sehī",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "सेही"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "kipoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "דורבן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dorbán",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דָּרְבָּן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sāhī",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "साही"
    },
    {
      "code": "hop",
      "lang": "Hopi",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "muungyaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "sül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Stacheldier"
    },
    {
      "code": "iba",
      "lang": "Iban",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "landak"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "landak"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "ilaaqotsiq",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ᐃᓛᖁᑦᓯᖅ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "torcán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "istrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcospino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yamaarashi",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ヤマアラシ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "やまあらし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yamaarashi",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "山荒"
    },
    {
      "code": "kac",
      "lang": "Jingpho",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "dumsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "kls",
      "lang": "Kalasha",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "šu"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jaira",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "жайра"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑmaa",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ប្រមា"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kam prɑmaa",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "កាំប្រមា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ki",
      "lang": "Kikuyu",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "njege"
    },
    {
      "code": "kqr",
      "lang": "Kimaragang",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "wutun"
    },
    {
      "code": "kqr",
      "lang": "Kimaragang",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "lisis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hojeo",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "호저"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sanmichigwang'i",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "산미치광이"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "sîxurr",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "سیخوڕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "sûçerr",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "سووچەڕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "sîxurr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdh",
      "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
      "roman": "sîxwirr",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "سیخوْڕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdh",
      "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
      "roman": "süçerr",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "سۊچەڕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdh",
      "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
      "roman": "sêxçûllî",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "سێخچووڵی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "cütkör",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "чүткөр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jayra",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "жайра"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "men",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ເໝັ້ນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hystrix"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dzeloņcūka"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "english": "some genera",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dygliatriušis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "english": "other genera",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ursonas"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "enjekeche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "landak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "cewe duri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sāḷū",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "साळू"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ],
      "word": "matues"
    },
    {
      "code": "mia",
      "lang": "Miami",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "aakaawita"
    },
    {
      "code": "xpq",
      "lang": "Mohegan-Pequot",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "kôq"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ဗလေၚ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "moe",
      "lang": "Montagnais",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "kakᵘ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "dahsání"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "hulepinnsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hulepiggsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hulepinnsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trepiggsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trepinnsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "holepiggsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trepiggsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pòrc-espin"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "gaag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kirpi",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "كرپی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sallaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "šašgáy",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ششګی"
    },
    {
      "code": "paw",
      "lang": "Pawnee",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "cuururaruus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xârpošt",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "خارپشت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "taši",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "تشی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sogorne",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "سگرنه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jeżozwierz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "Old World porcupine",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porco-espinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "New World porcupine",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "cuandu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "seh",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਸੇਹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "porc spinos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porc-ghimpos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dikobráz",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дикобра́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sib",
      "lang": "Sebop",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "larak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дикобраз"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dikobraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "māen",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "မဵၼ်ႈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ježevec"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "štapata swinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "noko"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puercoespín"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "taxonomic": "Coendou prehensilis",
      "word": "agidya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "nungunungu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "piggsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jordpiggsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trädpiggsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mvv",
      "lang": "Tagal Murut",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "buuron"
    },
    {
      "code": "mvv",
      "lang": "Tagal Murut",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "karuui"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "landak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "pwerkospin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "jayra",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ҷайра"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dugpušt",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "дугпушт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "muḷḷampaṉṟi",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "முள்ளம்பன்றி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mên",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "เม่น"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "oklu kirpi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dykobráz",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дикобра́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "unm",
      "lang": "Unami",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "kawiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "سیہہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "jeyre",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "جەيرە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "jayra"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "nhím"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ballasg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ychel"
    },
    {
      "code": "wo",
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "saaw mi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shtekhl-khazer",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שטעכל־חזיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "note": "also \"hedgehog\"",
      "roman": "yozh",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "יאָזש"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "large rodent",
      "word": "ilaanquciq"
    }
  ],
  "word": "porcupine"
}

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