HYSTRIX

Meaning of HYSTRIX in English

( n. )

A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.

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HYSTRIX — I. ˈhistriks noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, porcupine, from Greek : a genus of terrestrial porcupines that …
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HYSTRIX — (n.) A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.
Английский словарь Webster
HYSTRIX — n. (Zoology) category of rodents that includes the porcupine
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HYSTRIX — noun a genus of rodents, including the porcupine.
Webster English vocab
HYSTRIX — large porcupines
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
HYSTRIX — Дикобразовые
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
KAFFIR LIME — noun Date: 1978 a citrus tree ( Citrus hystrix ) of southeastern Asia having aromatic leaves and roundish thick-rinded green …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SQUIRRELTAIL — ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷)ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: squirrel (I) + tail 1. : a tufted perennial grass ( Sitanion hystrix ) that has very …
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PORCUPINE CRAB — noun : a spiny anomuran crustacean ( Lithodes hystrix ) of the coast of Japan that resembles a crab
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OLD WORLD PORCUPINE — noun Usage: usually capitalized O&W : a porcupine of the family Hystricidae ; especially : a rather bulky short-tailed terrestrial …
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HYSTRICOMORPHA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌmȯrfə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hystric-, Hystrix + -morpha : a suborder of Rodentia comprising forms …
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HYSTRICOIDEA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkȯidēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hystric-, Hystrix + -oidea 1. in some classifications : a major …
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HYSTRICIDAE — hə̇ˈstrisəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hystric-, Hystrix, type genus + -idae : a family of Old …
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HISTRIX — ˈhistriks Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Hystrix synonym of hystrix
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DILDO — ˈdil(ˌ)dō noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. : phallus b. usually dil·doe “ : an object serving …
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BOTTLEBRUSH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from the shape of the flower 1. a. : any of certain Australian shrubs or …
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BLUE PALMETTO — noun : a dwarf fan palm ( Rhapidophyllum hystrix ) of the southern United States having a creeping stem that …
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PORCUPINE — (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, …
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PIPER — (n.) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
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PORCUPINE — ( n. ) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIPER — ( n. ) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
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PORCUPINEFISH — /pawr"kyeuh puyn'fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) porcupinefish , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOTTLEBRUSH GRASS — a North American grass, Hystrix patula, having loose flower spikes with long awns. [ 1835-45 ]
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PORCUPINE FISH — Date: 1681 : any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) that have sharp spines covering the body and inflate themselves …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KAFFIR LIME — Date: 1978 : a citrus tree ( Citrus hystrix ) of southeastern Asia having aromatic leaves and roundish thick-rinded green …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — noun any old word rodent of the genus hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, …
Webster English vocab
PIPER — noun ·see pepper. 2. piper ·noun one who plays on a pipe, or the like, ·esp. on a bagpipe. 3. …
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PORCUPINE FISH — ■ noun a spiny tropical marine fish which inflates itself when threatened. [ Diodon hystrix and other species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
PORCUPINE FISH — [porcupine fish] n (1681): any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) having sharp spines covering the body; esp: a spotted …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PORCUPINE FISH — any of the spiny, shallow-water fishes of the family Diodontidae, found in seas around the world, especially the species Diodon …
Britannica English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — also called quill pig, any of the large, quill-bearing rodents of the families Erethizontidae and Hystricidae (order Rodentia). Porcupines are …
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