BRUSH-TAIL PORCUPINE

Meaning of BRUSH-TAIL PORCUPINE in English

noun

see brush-tailed porcupine

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PORCUPINE — histric, porcospine
English interlingue dictionary
PORCUPINE — geographical name river 448 miles (721 kilometers ) in N Yukon Territory & NE Alaska flowing N & W into …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PORCUPINE — Heavy-bodied, solitary, slow-moving, nocturnal rodent with quills (modified hairs) along the back, tail, and, on certain crested species, the neck …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — I. ˈpȯrkyəˌpīn, chiefly dial -kə̇ˌp- or -kēˌp- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English porke despyne, porkepin, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — (n.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have …
Английский словарь Webster
PORCUPINE — (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, …
Английский словарь Webster
PORCUPINE — ( n. ) Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
TAIL — tail 1 — tailer , n. — tailless , adj. — taillessly , adv. — taillessness , n. — taillike …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — /pawr"kyeuh puyn'/ , n. any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRUSH — brush 1 — brushable , adj. — brusher , n. — brushlike , adj. /brush/ , n. 1. an implement …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — n. large rodent covered with long sharp quills (native to Europe and North America)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAIL — I. ˈtāl noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tægel; akin to Old High German zagal tail, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRUSH — I. ˈbrəsh noun Etymology: Middle English brusch, from an Anglo-French form akin to Old French broce brushwood, Medieval Latin brusca …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — river 448 miles (721 kilometers ) in N Yukon Territory & NE Alaska flowing N & W into the Yukon
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — noun ( plural porcupines also porcupine ) Etymology: Middle English porke despyne, from Middle French porc espin, from Old Italian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAIL — noun ·see tailing, ·noun, 5. 2. tail ·noun limitation; abridgment. 3. tail ·noun ·same·as tailing, 4. 4. tail ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
PORCUPINE — noun any old word rodent of the genus hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, …
Webster English vocab
BRUSH — noun the bushy tail of a fox. 2. brush ·noun a tuft of hair on the mandibles. 3. brush ·noun …
Webster English vocab
PORCUPINE — ■ noun a large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail. [Families Hystricidae (Old World) and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAIL — [tail] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE taegel; akin to OHG zagal tail, MIr dual lock of hair] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PORCUPINE — [por.cu.pine] n, pl porcupines also porcupine [ME porkepin, fr. MF porc espin, fr. OIt porcospino, fr. L porcus pig + …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRUSH — [brush] n [ME brusch, fr. MF broce] (14c) 1: brushwood 2. a: scrub vegetation b: land covered with scrub vegetation …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAIL — in zoology, prolongation of the backbone beyond the trunk of the body, or any slender projection resembling such a structure. …
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — porcupine BrE AmE ˈpɔːk ju paɪn -jə- AmE \ ˈpɔːrk jə- ▷ porcupine|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAIL — / teɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF BIRD / ANIMAL / FISH 1. [ C ] the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — / ˈpɔːkjupaɪn; NAmE ˈpɔːrk-/ noun an animal covered with long stiff parts like needles (called quills ), which it can …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRUSH — / brʌʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] an object made of short stiff hairs …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PORCUPINE — por ‧ cu ‧ pine /ˈpɔːkjəpaɪn, ˈpɔːkjʊpaɪn $ ˈpɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BRUSH — I. brush 1 S3 /brʌʃ/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1, 3-6: Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Early French broisse , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PORCUPINE — n. 1 any rodent of the family Hystricidae native to Africa, Asia, and SE Europe, or the family Erethizontidae native …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BRUSH — n. & v. --n. 1 an implement with bristles, hair, wire, etc. varying in firmness set into a block or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — n. 1 any rodent of the family Hystricidae native to Africa, Asia, and SE Europe, or the family Erethizontidae native …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BRUSH — n. & v. n. 1 an implement with bristles, hair, wire, etc. varying in firmness set into a block or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAIL — 1. n. & v. 1. the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. …
Oxford English vocab
PORCUPINE — n.1 any rodent of the family Hystricidae native to Africa, Asia, and SE Europe, or the family Erethizontidae native to …
Oxford English vocab
BRUSH — n. & v. --n. 1. an implement with bristles, hair, wire, etc. varying in firmness set into a block or …
Oxford English vocab
TAIL — ( tails, tailing, tailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tail …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — ( porcupines) A porcupine is an animal with many long, thin, sharp spikes on its back that stick out as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRUSH — ( brushes, brushing, brushed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A brush …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — (~s) A ~ is an animal with many long, thin, sharp spikes on its back that stick out as protection …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dog wags its tail (= moves its tail from side to side to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And there, just in front of this cave, lifeless and on its back, lay a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRUSH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brush fire (= a very large fire in an area of grass ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — n. Heavy-bodied, solitary, slow-moving, nocturnal rodent with quills (modified hairs) along the back, tail, and, on certain crested species, the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRUSH — n. 25B6; noun a dustpan and brush : BROOM, sweeper, besom, whisk. he gave the seat a brush with his …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRUSH — n. 1 hairbrush, toothbrush, clothes-brush, shoe-brush, nail-brush, paintbrush; broom, dust-broom, besom, US whisk broom This brush is too harsh and …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PORCUPINE — сущ. 1) зоол. дикобраз 2) текст. ножевой барабан (зоология) дикобраз (Hystrix gen) (зоология) еж-рыба (Diodon) (текстильное) поркюпайн, ножевой барабан игольчатый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BRUSH — 1. сущ. 1) щетка, любое приспособление для очистки чего-л. от грязи You want a hard brush to brush sunlight off …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BRUSH — brush.ogg _I 1. brʌʃ n 1. 1> щётка hard brush - жёсткая щётка sweeping brush - половая щётка a brush …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAIL — I 1) хвост; хвостовая часть; конец 2) мн. ч. хвосты, отходы обогащения 3) сварка хвост полки 4) заделанный конец ( …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BRUSH — 1) щётка || чистить щёткой; сметать щёткой 2) кисть || наносить кистью ( напр. краску ) 3) эл. щётка; подвижный …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TAIL — I 1) хвост; хвостовая часть; конец 2) мн. ч. хвосты, отходы обогащения 3) сварка хвост полки 4) заделанный конец (элемента конструкции) || заделывать конец …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BRUSH — 1) щётка || чистить щёткой; сметать щёткой 2) кисть || наносить кистью (напр. краску) 3) эл. щётка; подвижный (скользящий) контакт 4) механическая щётка 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TAIL — 1) вывод лампы 2) задний 3) отбросы 4) отработанный 5) отходы 6) пологий 7) полоска 8) фракция 9) хвост 10) хвостный 11) хвостовой 12) хвосты 13) шпинтон • distribution tail area — стат. хвост …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

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