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The word "porcupine" comes from "porc d'épine," which is Middle French for "thorny pork."
The word porcupine comes from the Middle French word, porc d'épine. Which means 'spined pig'.

Don't think any one person named it (or is credited with naming it) it's just one of those things that came about naturally.

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"Porcupine" is Latin for "quill pig." Porcupines, however, are large rodents. They are not related to pigs.

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