Canada vs Porcupine - What's the difference?
canada | porcupine | Derived terms |
A country in North America; official name: Canada .
(historical) Lower Canada (also Canada East) or Upper Canada (Canada West), often “the Canadas.”
Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.
* 1981 , Adolph Murie, The Grizzlies of Mount McKinley ,
* 2010 , Richard Potts, Early Hominid Activities at Olduvai ,
* 2011 , John P. Rafferty, Rats, Bats, and Xenarthrans ,
Canada is a derived term of porcupine.
As nouns the difference between canada and porcupine
is that canada is a blow with a cane while porcupine is any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile, spines or quills (that stand straight up when the animal is attacked or surprised), belonging to one of two taxonomic families: hystricidae (old world porcupines) and erethizontidae (new world porcupines).canada
English
(wikipedia Canada)Proper noun
(s)Synonyms
* America's Hat (humorous) * Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory) * Dominion of Canada (historical) * Great White North (informal) * neighbor to the north (qualifier) * People's Republic of Canada (humorous or derogatory) * Soviet Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)Derived terms
* Atlantic Canada * blame Canada * Canada balsam * * Canada Day * Canada Dry * = bunchberry Cornus canadensis * Canada East = Lower Canada * Canada Games * Canada goose, Branta canadensis * Canada jay = grey jay * * * * Canada Pension Plan * and its fruit * * Erethizon dorsatum * * Canadarm * * Canada Savings Bond * Canada thistle, * Canada violet, * Canada West = Upper Canada * * Canadian * Canadiana * Canadianism * Canadianize * Canadianist * Canadien * Canadienne * Canajun * Central Canada = Central provinces * French Canada * Lower Canada * O Canada * Upper CanadaReferences
* * Jacques Cartier (1545),Relation originale de Jacques Cartier], Paris: Tross [1863, p 48.
See also
* * * ----porcupine
English
(wikipedia porcupine)Noun
(en noun)page 218,
- 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.
page 81,
- In particular, porcupines , hyenas, and leopards are known in Africa to transport bones to particular places.
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- Old World porcupines' (Hystricidae) have quills embedded in clusters, whereas in New World '''porcupines''' (Erethizontidae) single quills are interspersed with bristles, underfur, and hair. No ' porcupine can throw its quills, but they detach easily and will remain embedded in an attacker.
