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porc-épic

/pɔʁ.k‿e.pik/

noun, masculine/pɔʁ.k‿e.pik/plural: porcs-épics

porcupine

Borrowed from Italian porcospino, from Vulgar Latin *porcospinus, calque of Ancient Greek ἀκανθόχοιρος (akanthókhoiros), from ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”) + χοῖρος (khoîros, “pig”).

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