urson
English edit
Etymology edit
Compare urchin.
Noun edit
urson (plural ursons)
- A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.
- 1834, Augustus Addison Gould, editor, A System of Natural History, page 253:
- The urson might be called the spiny beaver, it being of the same size, the same country, and the same form of body; […] . In the young ursons, the prickles are proportionably larger, more apparent, and the hair shorter and scarcer than in the adults.
Synonyms edit
- (Erethizon dorsatum): Canadian porcupine, cawquaw, North American porcupine, common porcupine (US, Canada)
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Noun edit
urson
- accusative singular of urso
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
urson m animal
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Declension of urson