urson

English

An urson

Etymology

Compare urchin.

Noun

urson (plural ursons)

1. A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.
   • 1833, The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volume 1, page 443:

     The urson (Hystrix dorsata)^[sic] inhabits the United States and Canada, and is the only species of porcupine, properly so called, which appears to have the power of climbing trees.

   • 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

• (Erethizon dorsatum): Canadian porcupine, cawquaw, North American porcupine, common porcupine (US, Canada)

Anagrams

• rouns

Esperanto

Noun

urson

1. accusative singular of urso

Polish

urson

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.sɔn/
• Rhymes: -ursɔn
• Syllabification: ur‧son

Noun

urson m animal

1. urson (Erethizon dorsatum)

Declension

Declension of urson

	singular	plural
nominative	urson	ursony
genitive	ursona	ursonów
dative	ursonowi	ursonom
accusative	ursona	ursony
instrumental	ursonem	ursonami
locative	ursonie	ursonach
vocative	ursonie	ursony

Further reading

• urson in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• urson in PWN's encyclopedia