porcupine
nounHow many syllables in porcupine?
There are 3 syllables in the word porcupine.How to pronounce porcupine:
Definition of porcupine:
- porcupine (noun):
- relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur.
- any of various relatively large slow-moving chiefly herbivorous rodents having sharp erectile spines mingled with the hair and constituting an old world terrestrial family (hystricidae) and a new world chiefly arboreal family (erethizontidae)
Synonyms for porcupine:
gnawer
hedgehog
new world porcupine
old world porcupine
quill
rodent
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- okapi
- abutted
- disable
- delivered
- entrancing
- tangibly
- humungous
- gyrating
- aplenty
- contraption
- deleted
- careening
- entrancement
- embarkment
- apasote
- selfishly
- leisurely
- adjoining
- itemize
- bloodcurdling
- disconcert
- neumatic
- dispatched
- eulogize
- accustom
- liquidy
- intitle
- covering
- notable
- India
- subsiding
- skillfully
- supplying
- petulant
- assignment
- remembrance
- ill-tempered
- intrigued
- intercept
- consoling
- Aingeru
- foreshadow
- consisted
- castigate
- cherishing
- hedgehog
- jauntily
- rendezvous
- elided
- poignancy
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The smallest words consist of just one syllable, known as monosyllabic words, e.g., 'cat'.
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