Meanings
nounporcupette (plural porcupettes)
plural porcupettes
- A baby porcupine.
A mother porcupine can give birth to between one and four porcupettes at one time.
2013, Jeffrey Rouche, Porcupines in the Wild, page 161 more example
To my horror, I saw that she had carefully retrieved a very live and healthy porcupette!
2001, Warner Shedd, Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife
Origin
Translations
German Stachelschweinbaby, Stachelschweinjunges
- Stachelschweinbabybaby porcupine
- Stachelschweinjungesbaby porcupine
- Baumstachlerbabybaby porcupine
- Baumstachlerjungesbaby porcupine
Polish młode jeżozwierza
- młode jeżozwierzababy porcupine
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with porcupette
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APA
porcupette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porcupette
MLA
“porcupette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porcupette. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porcupette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porcupette.
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