Canada porcupine

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

a porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.

Quotations

1787

The Caqua, or Canada Porcupine, feeds much on the bark of pines or juniper.

1908

Canada Porcupine . . . are but rarely met with in the wooded country of the northern Anderson River. . . .