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Hystrix
(gcide) | Hystrix \Hys"trix\ (h[i^]s"tr[i^]ks), prop. n. [Gr. "y`strix
porcupine.] (Zool.)
A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.
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Acantholithodes hystrix
(gcide) | Porcupine \Por"cu*pine\, n. [OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF.
porc-espi, F. porc-['e]pic (cf. It. porco spino, porco
spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine
+ spina thorn, spine). The last part of the French word is
perhaps a corruption from the It. or Sp.; cf. F. ['e]pi ear,
a spike of grain, L. spica. See Pork, Spike a large nail,
Spine.]
1. (Zool.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having
the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or
quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of
Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera,
native of America. They are related to the true
porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in
their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus)
is a well known species.
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Porcupine ant-eater (Zool.), the echidna.
Porcupine crab (Zool.), a large spiny Japanese crab
(Acantholithodes hystrix).
Porcupine disease (Med.). See Ichthyosis.
Porcupine fish (Zool.), any plectognath fish having the
body covered with spines which become erect when the body
is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish.
Porcupine grass (Bot.), a grass (Stipa spartea) with
grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and
uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the
sharp-pointed and barbellate grain into the wool and flesh
of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa
palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the
markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.
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Goniocidaris hystrix
(gcide) | Piper \Pip"er\, n.
1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a
bagpipe. "The hereditary piper and his sons." --Macaulay.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a
large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with
large, sharp, opercular spines.
(b) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long
spines, native of both the American and European
coasts.
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To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
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Hystrix cristata
(gcide) | Porcupine \Por"cu*pine\, n. [OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF.
porc-espi, F. porc-['e]pic (cf. It. porco spino, porco
spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine
+ spina thorn, spine). The last part of the French word is
perhaps a corruption from the It. or Sp.; cf. F. ['e]pi ear,
a spike of grain, L. spica. See Pork, Spike a large nail,
Spine.]
1. (Zool.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having
the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or
quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of
Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera,
native of America. They are related to the true
porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in
their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus)
is a well known species.
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Porcupine ant-eater (Zool.), the echidna.
Porcupine crab (Zool.), a large spiny Japanese crab
(Acantholithodes hystrix).
Porcupine disease (Med.). See Ichthyosis.
Porcupine fish (Zool.), any plectognath fish having the
body covered with spines which become erect when the body
is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish.
Porcupine grass (Bot.), a grass (Stipa spartea) with
grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and
uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the
sharp-pointed and barbellate grain into the wool and flesh
of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa
palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the
markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.
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diodon hystrix
(wn) | Diodon hystrix
n 1: spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in
warm waters [syn: porcupinefish, porcupine fish,
Diodon hystrix] |
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